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Swipper :: Swiple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.

Rye :: Rye (n.) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man..

Graining :: Graining (n.) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt..

Butting Joint :: Butting joint () A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint..

Ingraining :: Ingraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingrai.

Decagramme :: Decagramme (n.) A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois..

Pearl :: Pearl (v. t.) To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley..

Decorticator :: Decorticator (n.) A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees..

Granulate :: Granulate (v. t.) To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal..

Grainfield :: Grainfield (n.) A field where grain is grown.

Chondrometer :: Chondrometer (n.) A steelyard for weighting grain.

Yew :: Yew (n.) The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain..

Meal :: Meal (n.) Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse..

Tupelo :: Tupelo (n.) A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge..

Grain :: Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc..

Multure :: Multure (n.) A grist or grinding; the grain ground.

Frumentaceous :: Frumentaceous (a.) Made of, or resembling, wheat or other grain..

Shock :: Shock (n.) A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook..

Scarcity :: Scarcity (n.) The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties..

Vermicelli :: Vermicelli (n.) The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders or pipes till it takes a slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni..

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