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Dollar :: Dollar (n.) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains..

Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..

Whiskey :: Whiskey (n.) An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley..

Mash :: Mash (n.) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort..

Grains :: Grains (n. pl.) See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b)..

Gnarly :: Gnarly (a.) Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

Try :: Try (n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain..

Crib :: Crib (n.) A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats..

Thirlage :: Thirlage (n.) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding..

Strickle :: Strickle (n.) An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.

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..

Crop :: Crop (n.) Grain or other product of the field while standing.

Hopper :: Hopper (n.) A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car..

Crossgrained :: Crossgrained (a.) Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing..

Kiln :: Kiln (n.) A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone..

Brandy :: Brandy (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain..

Surplusage :: Surplusage (n.) Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted..

Harp :: Harp (n.) A grain sieve.

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board..

Salt :: Salt (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt..

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