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Webster 1913 Edition

(hăk′ly̆)

Adj.

[From

Rough or broken, as if hacked.

(Min.)

Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface;

as, the

hackly

fracture of metallic iron

Adj.

[from hack.] Rough; broken as if hacked.

In mineralogy, having fine,short,and sharp points on the surface; as a hackly fracture.

hackly ‎(comparative more hackly, superlative most hackly)

Jagged or rough