释义 |
hackly, a.|ˈhæklɪ| [f. hackle v.1 + -y.] Rough or jagged as though hacked on a small scale; esp., of metals and minerals: Having the surface rough with short sharp points.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 34 The hackly [fracture] presents sharp points, easily perceived in feeling it. 1811A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. (1830) 533 It [rhubarb] breaks with a rough hackly fracture. 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 503 The broad plates..have a very uneven hackly surface. 1849Varley Rudim. Min. 16 The native metals..have a hackly fracture, which may be observed on breaking a piece of thick wire. |