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strickle


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strickle  \Stric"kle\,  n.  [See  {Strike}.] 
  1.  An  instrument  to  strike  grain  to  a  level  with  the  measure; 
  a  strike. 
 
  2.  An  instrument  for  whetting  scythes;  a  rifle. 
 
  3.  (Founding)  An  instrument  used  for  smoothing  the  surface  of 
  a  core. 
 
  4.  (Carp.  &  Mason.)  A  templet;  a  pattern. 
 
  5.  An  instrument  used  in  dressing  flax.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  strickle 
  v  1:  form  with  a  strickle;  "strickle  in  sand" 
  2:  smooth  with  a  strickle;  "strickle  the  grain  in  the  measure" 




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