strickle

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. An instrument used to level off grain or other material in a measure.
2. n. A foundry tool used to shape a mold in sand or loam.
3. n. A tool for sharpening scythes.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A straight-edge used to sweep grain off level with the top of a measure when measuring grain.
2. n. A wooden swingle for dressing flax.
3. n. In carpentry and masonry, a pattern or template.
4. n. In founding: A straight-edge used to remove superfluous sand to a level with the top of a flask after ramming the sand into it. Compare loam-board.
5. n. A template or pattern used in sweeping patterns in sand or loam.
6. n. In cutlery, a straight-edge fed with emery, and employed to grind the edges of knives arranged spirally on a cylinder.
7. In founding, to sweep; form to a round surface by means of a templet or sweep.

Wiktionary

1. n. A rod used to level grain etc. when being measured
2. n. A tool for sharpening scythes
3. n. An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.
4. n. carpentry, masonry A templet; a pattern.
5. n. An instrument used in dressing flax.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.
2. n. An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.
3. n. (Founding) An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.
4. n. (Carp. & Mason.) A templet; a pattern.
5. n. Prov. Eng. An instrument used in dressing flax.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. an implement for sharpening scythes
2. n. a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand
3. n. a tool or rod used to level off grain or other granular material that is heaped in a measure
4. v. level off with a strickle in a measuring container
5. v. smooth with a strickle