An implementconsisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
A tool used in mezzotintengraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
From Middle English cradel, credel, from Old English cradol, from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz, from Proto-Germanic *kradĂ´ ("(wicker) basket"). Cognates with cart.
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