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Definition of grain

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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..

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Thrips :: Thrips (n.) Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips (Thrips cerealium)..

Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..

Lilly-pilly :: Lilly-pilly (n.) An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained..

Multigranulate :: Multigranulate (a.) Having, or consisting of, many grains..

Grit :: Grit (n.) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit..

Ingrain :: Ingrain (n.) An ingrain fabric, as a carpet..

Mow :: Mow (n.) The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.

Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind..

Granulate :: Granulate (v. i.) To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar..

Mustaiba :: Mustaiba (n.) A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like..

Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering..

Stacte :: Stackyard (n.) A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.

Staddle :: Staddle (v. i.) The frame of a stack of hay or grain.

Millstone :: Millstone (n.) One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

Siliqua :: Siliqua (n.) A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold..

Fiar :: Fiar (n.) The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year..

Roan :: Roan (n.) A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco..

Stackyard :: Stackstand (n.) A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board..

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