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engrailed

 
Dictionary: en·grailed
engrailed
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(ĕn-grāld') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Heraldry. Indented along the edge with small curves.
  2. Having an edge or a margin formed by a series of raised dots: engrailed silver coins.

[Middle English engreled, from Old French engresle, past participle of engresler, to engrail : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + gresle, slender, tapered (from Latin gracilis).]


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Scalloped with concave lines; cut along the edge with a series of small concave curves, usually of the same size.


 
 
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