strickle
(noun) a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand
strickle
(noun) a tool or rod used to level off grain or other granular material that is heaped in a measure
strickle
(noun) an implement for sharpening scythes
strickle, strike
(verb) smooth with a strickle; “strickle the grain in the measure”
strickle
(verb) level off with a strickle in a measuring container; “strickle sand”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
strickle (plural strickles)
A rod used to level grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring.
A tool for sharpening scythes.
An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.
(carpentry, masonry) A templet; a pattern.
An instrument used in dressing flax.
• screed
strickle (third-person singular simple present strickles, present participle strickling, simple past and past participle strickled)
(transitive) To level using a strickle.
• Stickler, stickler, ticklers, trickles
Source: Wiktionary
Stric"kle, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.
4. (Carp. & Mason.)
Definition: A templet; a pattern.
5. An instrument used in dressing flax. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 May 2024
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
