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• Hockle

  [hok-uh l] /ˈhɒk əl/ verb (used without object), hockled, hockling. 1. (of a rope) to have the yarns spread and kinked through twisting in use. noun 2. the spreading and kinking of the yarns in a rope strand. /ˈhɒkəl/ verb (intransitive) hockles, hockled, hockling 1. (Northumbrian, dialect) to spit

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