Coarse-grained :: Coarse-grained (a.) Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement..

Crossgrained :: Crossgrained (a.) Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing..

Crossgrained :: Crossgrained (a.) Perverse; untractable; contrary.

Engrain :: Engrain (v. t.) To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain..

Engrain :: Engrain (v. t.) To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.

Engrain :: Engrain (v. t.) To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1..

Engrained :: Engrained (imp. & p. p.) of Engrai.

Engraining :: Engraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrai.

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

Grain :: Grain (v. & n.) See Groan.

Grain :: Grain (n.) A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food..

Grain :: Grain (n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively..

Grain :: Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc..

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..

Grain :: Grain (n.) A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple..

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..

Grain :: Grain (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc..

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

Grain :: Grain (n.) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side..

Grain :: Grain (n.) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff..

Grain :: Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4..

Grain :: Grain (a.) Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

Grain :: Grain (a.) A sort of spice, the grain of paradise..

Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc..

Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains..

Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.)..

Grain :: Grain (n.) To yield fruit.

Grain :: Grain (n.) To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate..

Grain :: Grain (n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

Grain :: Grain (n.) A tine, prong, or fork..

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