Reverse Dictionary: FLAX

NOUNS – PERSON
► HACKLER a flax or hemp dresser; a person employed to hackle flex or hemp → 1649 hist.
► HATCHELLER a flax or hemp dresser → c1450
► HECKLER a flax or hemp dresser; a person employed to hackle flax or hemp → 1297 hist.
► HECKLESTER a flax or hemp dresser: originally female → 1480 obs.
► HEMP-HECKLER a flax or hemp dresser → 1725
► HICKLER a flax or hemp dresser → 1895 Eng. dial. (Bk.)