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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Fissile :: Fissile (a.) Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals..
Mustaiba :: Mustaiba (n.) A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like..
Shack :: Shack (n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground..
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..
Ingraining :: Ingraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingrai.
Granulate :: Granulate (v. i.) To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar..
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..
Atheroid :: Atheroid (a.) Shaped like an ear of grain.
Frumentarious :: Frumentarious (a.) Of or pertaining to wheat or grain.
Van :: Van (n.) A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain..
Gavel :: Gavel (n.) A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen..
Corn :: Corn (n.) A small, hard particle; a grain..
Harvester :: Harvester (n.) One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.
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..
Wheedle :: Wheedle (v. t.) To grain, or get away, by flattery..
Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind..
Fiar :: Fiar (n.) The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year..
Spur :: Spur (n.) Ergotized rye or other grain.
Sweat :: Sweat (v. i.) Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack..
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