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hackle (medicine) and convent(2) (iou)


hackle (medicine)


hackle


1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces. "The Other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces." (Burke)

Origin: Hackled; Hackling.

Source: Websters Dictionary


convent(2) (iou)



convent verb. obsolete exc. Hist. M16.
[Latin convent- pa. ppl stem of convenire CONVENE.]
verb trans. & intrans. = CONVENE verb I. M16.
verb intrans. Be convenient, suit. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.