† hetchn.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
= hatchel n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > heckling > implement for
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pettine,..a combe to dresse flaxe or hempe, called a heche, or a hatchell.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Pettine,..a hetch or hatchell to dresse flax.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Seran, a hatchell, or heach; the yron combe whereon flax is dressed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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