"engrail" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪŋˈɡɹeɪl/ Forms: engrails [present, singular, third-person], engrailing [participle, present], engrailed [participle, past], engrailed [past]
Etymology: en- + grail. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|grail}} en- + grail Head templates: {{en-verb}} engrail (third-person singular simple present engrails, present participle engrailing, simple past and past participle engrailed)
  1. (transitive) To make rough. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-engrail-en-verb-osDDYeRF
  2. (intransitive) To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-engrail-en-verb-goQZk24g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 60 9 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 22 78 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 6 62 13 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɪŋˈɡɹeɪl/ Forms: engrails [present, singular, third-person], engrailing [participle, present], engrailed [participle, past], engrailed [past]
Etymology: French engrêler Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|engrêler}} French engrêler Head templates: {{en-verb}} engrail (third-person singular simple present engrails, present participle engrailing, simple past and past participle engrailed)
  1. (transitive) To variegate or spot, as with hail. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-engrail-en-verb-8RJvrP2w
  2. (transitive, heraldry, archaic) To indent with small curves. Tags: archaic, transitive Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-engrail-en-verb-a-bq2T0I Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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