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<h1>Engrail</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*grail"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Engrailed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Engrailing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>engr\'88ler</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>gr\'88le</ets> hail. See <er>Grail</er> gravel.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To variegate or spot, as with hail.</def>

<blockquote>A caldron new <b>engrailed</b> with twenty hues. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>To indent with small curves. See <er>Engrailed</er>.</def>

<h1>Engrail</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*grail"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.</def>

<i>Parnell.</i>

<h1>Engrailed</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*grailed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.</def>

<h1>Engrailment</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*grail"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary.</def>

<h1>Engrain</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*grain"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Engrained</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Engraining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>grain</ets>. Cf. <er>Ingrain</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See <er>Ingrain</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Leaves <b>engrained</b> in lusty green. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See <er>Ingrain</er>.</def>

<blockquote>The stain hath become <b>engrained</b> by time. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See <er>Grain</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, 1.</def>

<h1>Engrapple</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*grap"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To grapple.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Engrasp</h1> <Xpage=493>

<hw>En*grasp"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Engrasped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Engrasping</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To grasp; to grip.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Engrave</h1> <Xpage=493>