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Garb :: Garb (n.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified)..

Decigramme :: Decigramme (n.) A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois..

Granary :: Granary (n.) A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain..

Shale :: Shale (n.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure..

Salt :: Salt (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt..

Porphyry :: Porphyry (n.) A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles..

Raker :: Raker (n.) A machine for raking grain or hay by horse or other power.

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

Grainy :: Grainy (a.) Resembling grains; granular.

Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..

Rough-grained :: Rough-grained (a.) Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque..

Squally :: Squally (a.) Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied of turnips or grain.

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.

Crippler :: Crippler (n.) A wooden tool used in graining leather.

Windrow :: Windrow (n.) Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them..

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain; as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal..

Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).

Breadcorn :: Breadcorn () Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc..

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..

Panic :: Panic (n.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass..

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