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Webster 1913 Edition
Strickle
1.
An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.
2.
An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.
3.
(Founding)
An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.
4.
(Carp. & Mason.)
A templet; a pattern.
5.
An instrument used in dressing flax.
[Prov. Eng.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Strickle
STRICKLE
,Noun.
1.
A strike; an instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure. [In the United States the word strike is used.]2.
An instrument for whetting sythes.Definition 2024
strickle
strickle
English
Alternative forms
- strikle, stritchel, stritchell, stritchill, strichell
Noun
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.
Synonyms
Verb
strickle (third-person singular simple present strickles, present participle strickling, simple past and past participle strickled)
- (transitive) To level using a strickle.