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snarling


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snarl  \Snarl\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Snarled};  p.  pr  &  vvb.  n. 
  {Snarling}.]  [Etymol.  uncertain.] 
  To  form  raised  work  upon  the  outer  surface  of  (thin  metal 
  ware)  by  the  repercussion  of  a  snarling  iron  upon  the  inner 
  surface. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snarling  \Snarl"ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Snarl},  v. 
 
  {Snarling  iron},  a  tool  with  a  long  beak,  used  in  the  process 
  of  snarling.  When  one  end  is  held  in  a  vise,  and  the  shank 
  is  struck  with  a  hammer,  the  repercussion  of  the  other 
  end  or  beak,  within  the  article  worked  upon  gives  the 
  requisite  blow  for  producing  raised  work  See  1st  {Snarl}. 




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