Hypertext Webster Gateway: "engrailed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Engrail \En*grail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engrailed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Engrailing}.] [F. engr[^e]ler; pref. en- (L. in) +
gr[^e]le hail. See {Grail} gravel.]
1. To variegate or spot, as with hail.

A caldron new engrailed with twenty hues. --Chapman.

2. (Her.) To indent with small curves. See {Engrailed}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Engrailed \En*grailed"\, a. (Her.)
Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure,
bend, or the like.


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