Definition of grain

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Grain (n.) To yield fruit.

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Weeviled :: Weeviled (a.) Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain..
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..
Crippler :: Crippler (n.) A wooden tool used in graining leather.
Engrain :: Engrain (v. t.) To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
Ingrain :: Ingrain (a.) Dyed with grain, or kermes..
Measure :: Measure (v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally..
Grain :: Grain (n.) The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram..
Corn :: Corn (n.) A small, hard particle; a grain..
Groats :: Groats (n. pl.) Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits..
Bunt :: Bunt (n.) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand..
Graining :: Graining (n.) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt..
Maslin :: Maslin (n.) A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye..
Swipper :: Swiple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.
Charlock :: Charlock (n.) A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock..
Miscellane :: Miscellane (n.) A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin.
Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering..
Ingrain :: Ingrain (v. t.) To dye in the grain, or before manufacture..
Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout..
Haulm :: Haulm (n.) The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw..
Rick :: Rick (n.) A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching..
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