Definition of grain

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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..

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Sucker :: Sucken (n.) The jurisdiction of a mill, or that extent of ground astricted to it, the tenants of which are bound to bring their grain thither to be ground..
Glume :: Glume (n.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt..
Rick :: Rick (n.) A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching..
Measure :: Measure (v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally..
Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains..
Reel :: Reel (n.) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives..
Grain :: Grain (n.) A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food..
Basalt :: Basalt (n.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated..
Ingraining :: Ingraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingrai.
Army Worm :: Army worm () A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm..
Tailing :: Tailing (n.) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.
Surplusage :: Surplusage (n.) Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted..
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..
Mow :: Mow (n.) The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw..
Shuck :: Shuck (n.) A shock of grain.
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..
Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..
Harvest :: Harvest (n.) The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn..
Shack :: Shack (n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground..
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