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Corncrake :: Corncrake (n.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.

Granulose :: Granulose (n.) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments..

Glean :: Glean (v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.

Ivory :: Ivory (n.) The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility..

Grain :: Grain (n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.

Filigrain :: Filigrain (n.) Alt. of Filigran.

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

Jag :: "Jag (n.) A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore..

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

Pennyweight :: Pennyweight (n.) A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name..

Grains :: Grains (n.) Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1..

Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains..

Grainer :: Grainer (n.) One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining..

Ingraining :: Ingraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingrai.

Grain :: Grain (n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core..

Tous-les-mois :: Tous-les-mois (n.) A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year..

Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain..

Xylography :: Xylography (n.) The art of making prints from the natural grain of wood.

Tank :: Tank (n.) A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls..

Ventilation :: Ventilation (n.) The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain..

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