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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hatchel \Hatch"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hatcheled} or
     {Hatchelled} (-[e^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hatcheling} or
     {Hatchelling}.] [OE. hechelen, hekelen; akin to D. hekelen,
     G. hecheln, Dan. hegle, Sw. h[aum]kla. See {Hatchel}, n.]
     1. To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp,
        so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the


        fine, fibrous parts.
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     2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]
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