Definition of grain

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Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4..

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Haulm :: Haulm (n.) The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw..
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..
Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..
Graniferous :: Graniferous (a.) Bearing grain, or seeds like grain..
Try :: Try (n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain..
Sunbeam :: Sun (v. t.) To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain..
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..
Tare :: Tare (n.) A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel..
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..
Grain :: Grain (a.) Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
Reap :: Reap (v. t.) To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting..
Angoumois Moth :: Angoumois moth () A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell..
Milligramme :: Milligramme (n.) A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois..
Wheat :: Wheat (n.) A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race..
Karob :: Karob (n.) The twenty-fourth part of a grain; -- a weight used by goldsmiths.
Windrow :: Windrow (n.) Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To taint with mildew, as grain..
Ingrained :: Ingrained (imp. & p. p.) of Ingrai.
Chaff :: Chaff (n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc..
Harvest :: Harvest (n.) That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath//ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit..
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