Definition of grain

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Grain (n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core..

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Cereal :: Cereal (a.) Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain..
Knurl :: Knurl (n.) A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
Grain :: Grain (n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift..
Graining :: Graining (n.) A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised..
Granulate :: Granulate (v. t.) To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal..
Granulate :: Granulate (v. i.) To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar..
"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..
Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain..
Granulated :: Granulated (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar..
Huller :: Huller (n.) One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine..
Cereal :: Cereal (n.) Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural..
Metallography :: Metallography (n.) A method of transferring impressions of the grain of wood to metallic surfaces by chemical action.
Bluebottle :: Bluebottle (n.) A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.
Swipper :: Swiple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.
Grain :: Grain (n.) The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain..
Bay :: Bay (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks..
Souple :: Souple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain.
Grain :: Grain (n.) A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food..
Kiln :: Kiln (n.) A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone..
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