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treadled
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vb. (en-past of: treadle )
Usage examples of treadled.
He found an armourer who ran the blade up his treadled wheel and afterwards stropped it on his leather apron.
Cavalry troopers queued to have their swords or sabres ground to a killing edge on the treadled stones, while the gunners filled the shot-cases of their field carriages with ready ammunition.
The armourer treadled his wheel, then kissed the blade onto the stone so that sparks flowed like crushed diamonds from the steel.
He oiled the wheel, treadled it, and then put the blade onto the stone so that it rang, it shrieked, and the sparks flowed like live-fire from the steel.