strickle the grain in the measure. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
strickle sand. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This mud pie is built up into the desired shape, supported by a metal base plate ( "strickle"), layer by painstaking layer. From Wordnik.com. [Cocktail Party Physics] Reference
A strickle: a piece of wood used for striking off the surplus from a corn measure. From Wordnik.com. [The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire] Reference
According to Dr. Webster "It is probably accurate to say that many fish such as minnous, strickle backs and guppies are capable of the same intelectual feats as rats or mice". From Wordnik.com. [Fish also Clever!!!!] Reference
It would be superfluous to point out omissions like strickle, which would have helped explain struck measure (described under heaped measure, p. 165), or stylistic slips like sawed for sawn, so I shall control myself. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 2] Reference
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