engrail

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: en=grail

CIDE DICTIONARY

engrail, v. t. [F. engrêler; pref. en- (L. in) + grêle hail. See Grail gravel.].

•  To variegate or spot, as with hail.  [1913 Webster]

  "A caldron new engrailed with twenty hues."  [1913 Webster]
•  To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.  [1913 Webster]

engrail, v. i. 

 To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines.  Parnell.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

engrail, v.tr. (usu. as engrailed adj.) esp. Heraldry indent the edge of; give a serrated appearance to.

Etymology

ME f. OF engresler (as EN-(1), gresle hail)