choiln.
Cutlery.
The name of the indentation in a pocket-knife where the edge of the blade adjoins the ‘tang’ or thick part by which it is hafted; or the corresponding part of any knife where the cutting edge ends. Choil has been used in Sheffield from before the memory of the oldest inhabitant: it is also in use in cutlery establishments in U.S. ( Notes & Queries, 7th S. VII. 197, 1889).
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1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 42 Choil, the indentation on the cutting edge of a knife adjoining the bolster.
Derivatives
choil v. to make this indention or slope in a knife.
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1889 S. O. Addy in Notes & Queries 9 Mch. 199 This filing cutlers call ‘choiling’, and they do it by means of a rather smooth three-sided file..one could not call the choil of a table-knife an indentation..it is a rounding off.
choiler n. an instrument for making the choil.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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