hackly

[ hak-lee ]

adjective

rough or jagged, as if hacked: Some minerals break with a hackly fracture.

Origin of hackly

¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; hackle² + -y¹

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How to use hackly in a sentence

It offers no indications of internal structure, but, on being separated by mechanical violence, exhibits a hackly fracture.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100. March 7, 1891. | Various
It breaks with a rough, hackly fracture, is easily pulverised, and its powder is of a bright buff-yellow colour.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley

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