Definition of Hacklet

1. a gull (the kittiwake) [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hacklet

hacking cough
hacking coughs
hacking it
hacking run
hacking runs
hackingly
hackings
hackish
hackishly
hackle
hackleback
hackled
hackler
hacklers
hackles
hacklet (current term)
hacklets
hacklier
hackliest
hackling
hackly
hackman
hackmatack
hackmatacks
hackmen
hackney
hackney cab
hackney cabs
hackney carriage
hackney coach

Literary usage of Hacklet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"hacklet. (a) Set-off. A creditor upon open account, who has assigned his claim to a third person, with the assent of the debtor, is still competent to ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Below them from the Quii-rock rose a thousand Mnls, and filled the air with sound ; the choughs cackled, the hacklet» wailed, ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1871)
"Translated from the fourth German edition, by CHARLES E. hacklet, AM, MD pp. 676. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1871. THIS work begins with a protest against ..."

4. The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States by Horace Greeley (1865)
"... and tho Toting thereon, 399 to 401 ; his preamble, and tLo adopted propositions, 402; takes part in the Union meeting at Louisville, 4S)3. hacklet ..."

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