putty knife vs strickle

putty knife

noun
  • A hand tool with a flexible blade used by glaziers to apply putty to seal window panes to the frame and mullions. 

  • A similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks. 

strickle

noun
  • A tool for sharpening scythes. 

  • An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core. 

  • A templet; a pattern. 

  • A rod used to level grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring. 

  • An instrument used in dressing flax. 

verb
  • To level using a strickle. 

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