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- 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