ENGRAIL

Etymology 1

Verb

engrail (third-person singular simple present engrails, present participle engrailing, simple past and past participle engrailed)

(transitive) To make rough.

(intransitive) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.

Etymology 2

Verb

engrail (third-person singular simple present engrails, present participle engrailing, simple past and past participle engrailed)

(transitive) To variegate or spot, as with hail.

(transitive, heraldry, archaic) To indent with small curves.

Anagrams

• Relangi, aligner, inlarge, learing, nargile, realign

Source: Wiktionary


En*grail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engrailing.] Etym: [F. engrĂŞler; pref. en- (L. in) + grĂŞle hail. See Grail gravel.]

1. To variegate or spot, as with hail. A caldron new engrailed with twenty hues. Chapman.

2. (Her.)

Definition: To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.

En*grail", v. i.

Definition: To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines. Parnell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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