Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of file with a somewhat curved extremity, suitable for working in small depressions.
  • noun A workman who uses such a file, especially in metal-work.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A curved file used in carving wool and marble.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A mechanical device consisting of a metal box with a series of vertical slats through which material is poured and randomly divided into two samples; this process is repeated to obtain a small representative sample of a bulk material
  • noun A curved file used in carving wood and marble.

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Examples

  • I could hit the high spots with a flat file and use a riffler in the curves, a lot of scraping and some sanding.

    Mandolin Cafe News 2009

  • The tapper and riffler was an agent named Barry Medlar, of the Bureau’s Albany field office.

    Mary, Mary Patterson, James, 1947- 2005

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