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..
Cereal :: Cereal (n.) Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural..
Kernel :: Kernel (n.) A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn..
Strike :: Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle..
Engrain :: Engrain (v. t.) To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain..
Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads..
Raker :: Raker (n.) A machine for raking grain or hay by horse or other power.
Gramme :: Gramme (n.) The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n., 4..
Grime :: Grime (n.) Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained..
Knurl :: Knurl (n.) One who, or that which, is crossgrained..
Swinger :: Swingel (n.) The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.
Multure :: Multure (n.) A grist or grinding; the grain ground.
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..
Crippler :: Crippler (n.) A wooden tool used in graining leather.
Wheat :: Wheat (n.) A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race..
Spelt :: Spelt (n.) A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat.
Multigranulate :: Multigranulate (a.) Having, or consisting of, many grains..
Churlish :: Churlish (a.) Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
Ounce :: Ounce (n.) A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains..
Feu :: Feu (n.) A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money..
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