What does engrail mean?
Definitions for engrail
ɛnˈgreɪlen·grail
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Engrailverb
To batter; to bruise as with hail. A word now used only in heraldry, for, to indent in curve lines.
Etymology: from grele, French, hail.
Æacides then shews
A long lance, and a caldron, new, engrail’d with twenty hues. George Chapman, Iliads.Polwheel beareth a saultier engrailed. Richard Carew, Survey.
Webster Dictionary
Engrailverb
to variegate or spot, as with hail
Engrailverb
to indent with small curves. See Engrailed
Engrailverb
to form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines
Etymology: [F. engrler; pref. en- (L. in) + grle hail. See Grail gravel.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Engrail
en-grāl′, v.t (her.) to make a border composed of a series of little semicircular indents: to make rough.—v.i. to form an edging or border: to run in indented lines.—n. Engrail′ment, the ring of dots round the edge of a medal: (her.) indentation in curved lines. [O. Fr. engresler (Fr. engrêler)—gresle, hail. See Grail.]
Anagrams for engrail »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of engrail in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of engrail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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