Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hatchel or heckle.
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Examples
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The women used to take it next and comb it through a flax-comb; this got out all the shives and tow.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various
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Anna, without making any answer, took up the flax-comb and looked down on the ground before her.
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