Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Nicked or notched; jagged.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rough; broken as if hacked; mangled by chopping or cutting.
- In mineralogy, having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface: as, a hackly fracture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Rough or broken, as if hacked.
- adjective (Min.) Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Jagged orrough .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Most of the Ottoman period material consisted of fragments of thick walled, flat based, strap handled jars/jugs and cooking pots with simple rims, in oxidized hard to very hard fired reddish-brown fabric (s), with a rough feel, sometimes powdery, hackly broken edges and moderate, mostly angular inclusions, which were dull white and shiny black in color, and including lime and mica fragments.
Suburban Survey Pottery Study « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds 2009
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It offers no indications of internal structure, but, on being separated by mechanical violence, exhibits a hackly fracture.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 7, 1891 Various
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But the majority are poorly acted, hackly written, and cheesily-produced.
Home Theater Forum 2009
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a fragment out of the marble mantelpiece, and, picking it up, eagerly examined it, as if in search of a hackly fracture.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 7, 1891 Various
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