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.

References

• “graille”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Graille”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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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