Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having hackles: specifically applied to the Nicobar pigeon, Calænas nicobarica.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
hackle .
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Examples
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They bounded over the desert—stone jackals and hackled lions and hulking hyenas.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The three charges blew within the cloud, illuminating the hackled back of the dragon.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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They bounded over the desert—stone jackals and hackled lions and hulking hyenas.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The three charges blew within the cloud, illuminating the hackled back of the dragon.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The three charges blew within the cloud, illuminating the hackled back of the dragon.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The three charges blew within the cloud, illuminating the hackled back of the dragon.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Never leave home without a soft-hackled pheasant tail!
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Never leave home without a soft-hackled pheasant tail!
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They bounded over the desert—stone jackals and hackled lions and hulking hyenas.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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They bounded over the desert—stone jackals and hackled lions and hulking hyenas.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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