strickle

Plural: strickles

Noun

• 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
• A rod used to level off heaped grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring.
• A tool for sharpening scythes, composed typically of a piece of wood smeared with grease and sand.
• A bevel-edged finishing tool used for smoothing the surface of a mold, core, or mold in sand or loam.
• A template; a pattern.
• An instrument used in dressing flax.

Verb

Verb Forms: strickled, strickling, strickles

• To level off or smooth with a strickle.
• level off with a strickle in a measuring container
  • "strickle sand"
• smooth with a strickle
  • "strickle the grain in the measure"
• To level using a strickle.

Examples

• He used a small word to strickle the board, smoothing out a path for his next big play.

Synonyms

strike, screed

Anagrams of strickle