gash vs hackle

gash

verb
  • To make a deep, long cut; to slash. 

adj
  • ghastly; hideous 

  • Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted. 

noun
  • A deep cut. 

  • A vulva. 

  • Rubbish on board an aircraft. 

  • Unused film or sound during film editing. 

  • Rubbish, spare kit. 

  • A woman. 

  • Poor quality beer, usually watered down. 

hackle

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

  • To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning. 

noun
  • By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans. 

  • Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk. 

  • A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet. 

  • A type of jagged crack extending inwards from the broken surface of a fractured material. 

  • A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather. 

  • An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. 

  • A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair. 

  • One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster. 

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