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Filling :: Filling (n.) That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc..

Alectryomancy :: Alectryomancy (n.) Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten..

Spike :: Spike (n.) An ear of corn or grain.

Grit :: Grit (n.) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit..

Strickle :: Strickle (n.) An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.

Astriction :: Astriction (n.) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll..

Feed :: Feed (n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones..

Knurl :: Knurl (n.) One who, or that which, is crossgrained..

Riddler :: Riddler (n.) One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.)..

Glean :: Glean (v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.

Ergot :: Ergot (n.) A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea..

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

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..

Esplees :: Esplees (n. pl.) The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like..

Spelt :: Spelt (n.) A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat.

Migraine :: Migraine (n.) Same as Megrim.

Strike :: Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle..

Ingrain :: Ingrain (v. t.) To dye in the grain, or before manufacture..

Culm :: Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow..

Acinus :: Acinus (n.) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc..

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