Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.
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.
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.
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 soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
The act of wiping something.
An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
To erase.
To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
To clean (the buttocks) after defecation.
To deperm (a ship).
To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
To remove an expression from one's face.