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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
engrailed
 
SYLLABICATION:en·grailed
PRONUNCIATION:  n-grld
ADJECTIVE:1. Heraldry Indented along the edge with small curves. 2. Having an edge or a margin formed by a series of raised dots: engrailed silver coins.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English engreled, from Old French engresle, past participle of engresler, to engrail : en-, causative pref.; see en–1 + gresle, slender, tapered (from Latin gracilis).
 
 
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