单词 | grailing |
释义 | † grailingn. Obsolete. = engrailing n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > other methods of ornamentation grailing1502 studding1599 festooning1806 1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 14 Making of six tapettes for the sompter horses with the lynyng grayling jagging..viijs. 1511 in Lett. & Papers Henry VIII (1965) II. ii. 1497 2 doz. green foil for ‘graylling’ the battlements, 8d. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > as lemmasˈgrailing ˈgrailing n. the process of finishing the teeth of a comb with the grail. ΚΠ 1878 Encycl. Brit. VI. 178/2 They [combs] then pass to the ‘grailing’ department, where, by means of special forms of files or rasps, known as grails and topers, the individual teeth are rounded or bevelled, tapered, and smoothed. < n.1502 as lemmas |
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