Definition of grain

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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..

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Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep..
Shock :: Shock (n.) A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook..
Decagramme :: Decagramme (n.) A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois..
Esplees :: Esplees (n. pl.) The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like..
Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads..
Corny :: Corny (a.) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
Bate :: Bate (n.) An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
Intussusception :: Intussusception (n.) The interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain..
Pearl :: Pearl (v. t.) To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley..
Grained :: Grained (a.) Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough..
Sand :: Sand (n.) Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet..
Grainer :: Grainer (n.) An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
Grains :: Grains (n. pl.) See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b)..
Mite :: Mite (n.) A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
Malt :: Malt (v. i.) To become malt; also, to make grain into malt..
Wood :: Wood (n.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain..
Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
Grain :: Grain (n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core..
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..
Grains :: Grains (n.) Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1..
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