[f. STRAGGLE v.2 + -ING1.] A method of rough-dressing a grindstone (see quots.).
1850. Holtzapffel, Turning, III. 1109. In straggling, or ragging, the stone is kept running as usual whilst a piece of soft iron about a quarter or half an inch square. is wriggled against the edge of the stone by a motion of the wrist.
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., Straggling, the process of working down the face of a grindstone to a regular shape, or of removing metallic particles which have become imbedded therein.
