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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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}.
    
  2. \En*grail"\, v. i.
    To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented
    lines. --Parnell.
    
 

 

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