Definition

• Wriggle, Wriggling.  Cutting zig-zag lines to form lettering or decoration; the type of engraving created by a wriggling tool. An experienced engraver can also create such effect with a flat graver (by applying pressure alternatively from right to left while advancing the graver forward).

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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