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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Drain :: Drain (n.) The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains..
Emery :: Emery (n.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum..
Marbleize :: Marbleize (v. t.) To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron..
Rip :: Rip (v. t.) To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
Irrorate :: Irrorate (a.) Covered with minute grains, appearing like fine sand..
Malt :: Malt (v. i.) To become malt; also, to make grain into malt..
Sal :: Sal (n.) An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable..
Wing :: Wing (n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc..
Jag :: "Jag (n.) A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore..
Drupelet :: Drupelet (n.) A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry..
Scythe :: Scythe (n.) An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use..
Grained :: Grained (a.) Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough..
Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc..
Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind..
Drachma :: Drachma (n.) Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram..
Van :: Van (n.) A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing 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..
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 (a.) A sort of spice, the grain of paradise..
Put :: Put (n.) A privilege which one party buys of another to put (deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and date..
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