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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Souple :: Souple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain.
Fovilla :: Fovilla (n.) One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.
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..
Mow :: Mow (n.) The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
Graining :: Graining (n.) A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); - called also dobule, and dace..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting..
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand..
Ingrained :: Ingrained (imp. & p. p.) of Ingrai.
Frumentarious :: Frumentarious (a.) Of or pertaining to wheat or grain.
Hook :: Hook (n.) An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
Corncrake :: Corncrake (n.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.
Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind..
Millstone :: Millstone (n.) One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.
Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain..
Single :: Single (n.) A handful of gleaned grain.
Extine :: Extine (n.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.
Tare :: Tare (n.) A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel..
Gnarly :: Gnarly (a.) Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.
Granulous :: Granulous (a.) Full of grains; abounding with granular substances; granular.
Thresher :: Thresher (n.) One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine..
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