strickle

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/ˈstrɪkl̩/

noun

A rod used to level off heaped grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounstrickle (plural strickles)

plural strickles · alternative strikle · alternative stritchel · alternative stritchell · alternative stritchill · alternative strichell

  1. A rod used to level off heaped grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring.
  2. husbandryA tool for sharpening scythes, composed typically of a piece of wood smeared with grease and sand.
  3. engineeringA bevel-edged finishing tool used for smoothing the surface of a mold, core, or mold in sand or loam.
  4. businessA template; a pattern.
  5. An instrument used in dressing flax.
verbstrickle (third-person singular simple present strickles, present participle strickling, simple past and past participle strickled)

present singular third person strickles · participle present strickling · participle past strickled · past strickled · alternative strikle · alternative stritchel · alternative stritchell · alternative stritchill · alternative strichell

  1. transitiveTo level using a strickle.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbsmooth with a strickle

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Origin

  1. Old Englishstricel
  2. Middle Englishstrikile
  3. Englishstrickle

From Middle English strikile, strikelle, strikyll, from Old English stricel, equivalent to strick + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle Dutch strijkel, streekel, strekel.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀπόμακτρον
  • ἀπόμακτρον (apómaktron)a rod for levelling
Bulgarian равнилка
  • равнилка (ravnilka)a rod for levelling
Latin hostorium
  • hostoriuma rod for levelling
Welsh cyforbren
  • cyforbrena rod for levelling

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Chicago

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