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A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.
(Geordie, vulgar) Spit, spittle.
To hamstring; to hock; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.
To mow, as stubble.
(Geordie) To spit.
From imperfect and past participle hockled; from present participle and verbal noun hockling. From hock.
From Wiktionary
Probably from hackle, a brush once used for fraying flax, and related to heckle (“to tease”).
Probably onomatopoeic.
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