NOUN | artifact | strickle | an implement for sharpening scythes |
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artifact | strickle | a tool or rod used to level off grain or other granular material that is heaped in a measure | |
artifact | strickle | a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand | |
VERB | contact | strickle | level off with a strickle in a measuring container |
contact | strickle, strike | smooth with a strickle |
Meaning | An implement for sharpening scythes. | |
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Broader | sharpener | Any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper |
Spanish | hoz |
Meaning | A tool or rod used to level off grain or other granular material that is heaped in a measure. | |
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Broader | implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end |
Meaning | A tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand. | |
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Broader | tool | An implement used in the practice of a vocation |
Meaning | level off with a strickle in a measuring container. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "strickle sand" | |
Broader | flush, level, even out, even | make level or straight |
Meaning | Smooth with a strickle. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "strickle the grain in the measure" | |
Synonym | strike | |
Entails | smooth, smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing |
Broader | flush, level, even out, even | make level or straight |
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