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strickle

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strick⋅le

  [strik-uhl] noun, verb, -led, -ling.
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–noun
1. a straightedge used for sweeping off heaped-up grain to the level of the rim of a measure.
2. Metallurgy. a template rotated to generate a mold surface symmetrical about one axis.
3. an implement for sharpening scythes, composed typically of a piece of wood smeared with grease and sand.
–verb (used with object)
4. to sweep off or remove with a strickle.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME strikyll; perh. continuing OE stricel teat (perh. also “leveling stick”); see strike, -le
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strick·le   (strĭk'əl)   
n.  

  1. An instrument used to level off grain or other material in a measure.

  2. A foundry tool used to shape a mold in sand or loam.

  3. A tool for sharpening scythes.


[Middle English strikelle, perhaps from Old English stricel, teat, strickle; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]
strick'le v.
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