Definition of grain

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Grain (n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively..

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Victual :: Victual (n.) Grain of any kind.
Grainy :: Grainy (a.) Resembling grains; granular.
Grain :: Grain (n.) The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain..
Feed :: Feed (n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top..
Wood :: Wood (n.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain..
Shuck :: Shuck (n.) A shock of grain.
Extine :: Extine (n.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.
Graniferous :: Graniferous (a.) Bearing grain, or seeds like grain..
Riddle :: Riddle (v. t.) To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel..
Grumose :: Grumose (a.) Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.
Victualer :: Victualer (n.) One who deals in grain; a corn factor.
Engraining :: Engraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrai.
Migraine :: Migraine (n.) Same as Megrim.
Frumentarious :: Frumentarious (a.) Of or pertaining to wheat or grain.
Badger :: Badger (n.) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
Grains :: Grains (n.) Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1..
Grained :: Grained (a.) Dyed in grain; ingrained.
Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue..
Grosgrain :: Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
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