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hockle

[ hok-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

, hock·led, hock·ling.
  1. (of a rope) to have the yarns spread and kinked through twisting in use.

noun

  1. the spreading and kinking of the yarns in a rope strand.

hockle

/ ˈhɒkəl /

verb

  1. dialect.
    to spit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hockle1

Perhaps hock 1 + -le

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