graille

graille

See also: graillé and Graille

English

Etymology

Compare French grêle a sort of file.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹeɪl/

Noun

graille (plural grailles)

1. A half-round single-cut file or float, with one curved face and one straight face, used by comb-makers[1].

References

1. 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary

• graille in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary

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French

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: graillent, grailles

Verb

graille

1. inflection of grailler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative