An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
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.
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.
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.
A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
Wind shear, or an instance thereof.
A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
Forces that push in opposite directions.
To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
To make a vertical cut in coal.
To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
To remove the fleece from a sheep etc. by clipping.
To cut the hair of (a person).
To deprive of property; to fleece.
To reap, as grain.
To change in direction or speed.