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engrailed, ppl. a.|ɛnˈgreɪld|
[f. engrail v.]
1. (See engrail v. 1.)
a. Her. Of an ordinary: Having a series of curvilinear indentations in the edge.
b. gen. Of the edge of any object, of a line, a circle, etc.: Ornamented with a series of curvilinear indentations.
c. Of a coin: Having a margin formed by an engrailed circle, or with a ring of dots.
d. Entom. engrailed moth, Tephrosia biundularia; small engrailed moth, T. crepuscularis (Newman Brit. Moths 66).
a1400Morte Arth. 4183 He had sothely for-sakene þe sawturoure engrelede. 1486Bk. St. Albans, Her. E ij b, Sych a bordure is calde a bordure ingraylit for the colowre of hym is put gre by gre into the felde of tharmys. 1830E. Hawkins Anglo-Fr. Coin. 128 Legend..within two concentric engrailed circles. 1848Rickman Goth. Archit. xx, The nail-head, and engrailed ornaments. 1856Smyth Rom. Fam. Coins 97 A well struck engrailed coin of excellent workmanship. 1871W. H. Turner Publ. Harl. Soc. V. 86 A cross engrailed between four water bougets.
†2. (See engrail v. 3.) Incised, carved in intaglio. Obs.
1784J. Barry Lect. Art i. (1848) 69 The intaglio or engrailed figures on our Gothic tombs. |