Definition of grain

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

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Hackmatack :: Hackmatack (n.) The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack..
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand..
Ingrain :: Ingrain (v. t.) To dye with or in grain or kermes.
Aphanite :: Aphanite (n.) A very compact, dark-colored /ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains..
Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder..
Grains :: Grains (n. pl.) See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b)..
Stackyard :: Stackstand (n.) A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.
Reap :: Reap (v. t.) To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting..
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..
Hordeolum :: Hordeolum (n.) A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty..
Manna Croup :: Manna croup () The husked grains of manna grass.
Sicca :: Sicca (n.) A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains..
Astriction :: Astriction (n.) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll..
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..
Chaff :: Chaff (n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, 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..
Millstone :: Millstone (n.) One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.
Staddle :: Staddle (v. i.) The frame of a stack of hay or grain.
Grain :: Grain (n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.
Roughhewn :: Roughhewn (a.) Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained.
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