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Mace :: Mace (n.) A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains..

Rep-silver :: Rep-silver (n.) Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain..

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..

Albumen :: Albumen (n.) Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc..

"aleurone :: Aleurone (n.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (protein granules) in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm..

Atheroid :: Atheroid (a.) Shaped like an ear of grain.

Wool-dyed :: Wool-dyed (a.) Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain..

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

Mangcorn :: Mangcorn (n.) A mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain..

Corn :: Corn (n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats..

Rake :: Rake (n.) A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake..

Acinaceous :: Acinaceous (a.) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them..

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..

Ingrain :: Ingrain (a.) Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance..

Corny :: Corny (a.) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.

Elevation :: Elevation (n.) The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character..

Firlot :: Firlot (n.) A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000.

Chaff :: Chaff (n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc..

Maslin :: Maslin (n.) A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye..

Filigrain :: Filigrain (n.) Alt. of Filigran.

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