"sheepsfoot" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: sheep + -s- + foot Etymology templates: {{af|en|sheep|-s-|foot}} sheep + -s- + foot Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} sheepsfoot
  1. (printing, historical) A printer's tool with a claw at one end for prizing up forms. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Printing, Knives
    Sense id: en-sheepsfoot-en-noun-Nl2uGWsV Disambiguation of Knives: 75 25 Topics: media, printing, publishing
  2. A blade with one straight edge and one edge which runs parallel for most of the blade's length until it curves abruptly (almost at a right angle) down to a point at the tip, resulting in less of a piercing point than on a Wharncliffe; (loosely) a Wharncliffe.
    Sense id: en-sheepsfoot-en-noun-jrKnj7S9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -s- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sheep's foot

Alternative forms

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