Definition of grain

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Grain (n.) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side..

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Grains :: Grains (n. pl.) See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b)..
Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
Tank :: Tank (n.) A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls..
Sheaf :: Sheaf (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves..
Breadstuff :: Breadstuff (n.) Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made..
Grained :: Grained (imp. & p. p.) of Grai.
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess..
Engrain :: Engrain (v. t.) To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
Caryopsis :: Caryopsis (n.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc..
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..
Grains :: Grains (n.) Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1..
Wood :: Wood (n.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain..
Stacte :: Stackyard (n.) A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.
Shack :: Shack (n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground..
Malt :: Malt (n.) Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky..
Ingrained :: Ingrained (imp. & p. p.) of Ingrai.
Pool :: Pool (n.) A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting..
Filigrain :: Filigrain (n.) Alt. of Filigran.
Corn :: Corn (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain..
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