Definition of Grattoir

1. a scraper [n -S] - See also: scraper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grattoir

gratineed
gratineeing
gratinees
grating
gratingly
gratings
gratins
gratiolin
gratis
gratis(p)
gratitude
gratitudes
gratonite
grattarolaite
grattoirs
gratuities
gratuitious
gratuitous
gratuitous inducer
gratuitously
gratuitousness
gratuity
gratulate
gratulated
gratulates
gratulating
gratulation
gratulations

Literary usage of Grattoir

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Illustrated Technical Dictionary in Six Languages, English, German, French by Kurt Deinhardt, Alfred Schlomann (1906)
"... rasping- flle râpe (f), lime (f) mordante Schaber (m) У scraper grattoir (m) ... triangular scraper [shave hook] racloir (m) triangulaire, grattoir (m) ..."

2. Men of the Old Stone Age: Their Environment, Life and Art by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1915)
"grattoir, planing tool * long but not thick. Aiguille, needle (bone, first appearance). New Implements of War and Chase. Lance and spear head types, ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A feeling of gratitude, or of resentment, tends to be deepened. J. Sully, Outlines of Psychol., p. 484. = Syn. See grateful. grattoir (gra-twor'), H. [F., ..."

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