strickle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: strickle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for strickle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strickle n an implement for sharpening scythes a tool or rod used to level off grain or other granular material that is heaped in a measure a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand v level off with a strickle in a measuring container; "strickle sand" smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure" Synonym(s): strickle, strike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strickle \Stric"kle\, n. [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) 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.]