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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Grain :: Grain (n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.
Stool :: Stook (v. t.) To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks..
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To reap, as grain..
Moth :: Moth (n.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc..
Grain :: Grain (n.) A tine, prong, or fork..
Roughhewn :: Roughhewn (a.) Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained.
Winder :: Winder (v. t. & i.) To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
Split :: Split (v. t.) To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin..
Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..
Thrips :: Thrips (n.) Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium)..
Provender :: Provender (n.) Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed..
Kernel :: Kernel (n.) A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn..
Multure :: Multure (n.) A grist or grinding; the grain ground.
Yew :: Yew (n.) The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain..
Grain :: 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..
Graining. :: Graining. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grai.
Flour :: Flour (n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard..
Grain :: Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4..
Grit :: Grit (n.) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit..
Granulate :: Granulate (v. i.) To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar..
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