English to Shona Meaning of strickle - strickle

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Definitions of strickle in English

Noun(1) an implement for sharpening scythes(2) a tool or rod used to level off grain or other granular material that is heaped in a measure(3) a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand
Verb(1) level off with a strickle in a measuring container(2) smooth with a strickle

Examples of strickle in English

(1) The whetting of the scythe's blade with the ' strickle ', smeared over with grease and fine sand, producing an edge like a sharp knife, was a familiar sound.(2) The sides of the strickle are smeared with grease upon which fine gritty sand is sprinkled freely; nothing gives a better edge to a scythe than this.(3) This last application of the strickle was used to accurately delineate decorative bands on the piece, as well as to locate the position of the trunnions.(4) Rotating the strickle around the mould ensures that it is circular.(5) The strickle and loam process is a well practiced and cheaper way for making large round shaped castings and is used in bell foundries.(6) The auction was accompanied by a market where you might buy smoked or salted fish and meat, wooden articles like scythes and strickles and of course beer and the local speciality: black coffee with snaps.(7) Secondary strickles are less obvious but, strangely enough, more important, and therefore more demanding of time, both in selection and execution.(8) Many cutting tools were sharpened with strickles or whetstones.(9) Among the necessary tools for their construction, we can mention as basic, a bench drill machine or manual, strickles , wrenches and as accessory instruments males and wicks of different caliber.(10) In 1885 Alfred Lawson purchased the Redenhall foundry but apparently he did not use any of its strickles or stamps.

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1. strike ::

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