Definition of grain

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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..

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Wheatworm :: Wheatworm (n.) A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm..
Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains..
Mangcorn :: Mangcorn (n.) A mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain..
Measure :: Measure (v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally..
Granilla :: Granilla (n.) Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect.
Filling :: Filling (n.) That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc..
Spore :: Spore (n.) A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of bacteria, etc..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill..
Tola :: Tola (n.) A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.
Graining :: Graining (n.) Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, atone, etc..
Oat :: Oat (n.) A well-known cereal grass (Avena sativa), and its edible grain; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense..
Hook :: Hook (n.) An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
Swath :: Swath (v. t.) A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder..
Graniferous :: Graniferous (a.) Bearing grain, or seeds like grain..
Fovilla :: Fovilla (n.) One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.
Kilogramme :: Kilogramme (n.) A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39ยก Fahrenheit..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
Mow :: Mow (n.) A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.
Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads..
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