hockle

[hok-uhl]

hock·le

[hok-uhl] verb, hock·led, hock·ling, noun
verb (used without object)
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.

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Hockle is one of our favorite verbs.
So is peculate. Does it mean:
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.

Origin:
perhaps hock1 + -le
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hockle (ˈhɒkəl)
 
vb , hockles, hockled, hockling
dialect (Northumbrian) to spit

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