† engrailingn.
Obsolete.
The action of engrail v. Also concrete an engrailed edge.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun]
engrailing1486
indenting1486
champain1562
purfle1562
pertingent1610
pertransient1610
purfling1610
welt1688
embattling1753
fesse-line1775
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > action or fact of
fayingc1230
arrayingc1340
anorninga1382
orninga1382
adornmentc1405
garnishing1463
adorning1495
ornamenta1513
ourningc1540
furniture1548
gracing1588
adorn1590
outsetc1590
furnishing1594
adornation1597
bedecking1598
busking1628
ornamenting1718
engrailing1753
figurement1879
1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. C vj a This engraylyng is no propur langage aftir the sight of thys cros, bot rather an endentyng.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Engreslure, an ingrayling, or inuecking; a kind of small indenting..in a coat of Armes.
1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty x. 61 Those regular engralings (as the heralds express it) which displeased the eye before.
a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 150 This ridiculous carved work and engrailing.
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