Definition of grain

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Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc..

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Mocha :: Mocha (n.) An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain..
Astriction :: Astriction (n.) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll..
Drachma :: Drachma (n.) Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill..
Swath :: Swath (v. t.) The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath..
Ingrain :: Ingrain (a.) Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance..
Pebble :: Pebble (v. t.) To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.
Single :: Single (n.) A handful of gleaned grain.
Kidderminster :: Kidderminster (n.) A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of it was manufactured..
Granulate :: Granulate (v. i.) To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar..
Tupelo :: Tupelo (n.) A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge..
Victual :: Victual (n.) Grain of any kind.
Panic :: Panic (n.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass..
Ingrain :: Ingrain (v. t.) To dye in the grain, or before manufacture..
Barleybreak :: Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal..
Put :: Put (n.) A privilege which one party buys of another to put (deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and date..
Farina :: Farina (n.) A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery..
Grain :: Grain (a.) Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
Daric :: Daric (n.) A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer..
Swatte :: Swather (n.) A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.
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