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engrailed

[en-greyld]

adjective Heraldry.

having an edge of a charge consisting of a number of concave curves.

Compare invected.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English engrelede. See engrail, -ed²

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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verb (used with object)

to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.

Minting. to make dots or curves on the cylindrical edge of (a coin, medal, etc.) so as to form a pattern.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English engrelen < Anglo-French, Middle French engresler, equivalent to en- en-¹ + gresler to make slender ≪ Latin gracilis gracile; compare French grêle kind of file, derivative of grêler

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en·grail·ment, noun

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