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Straw :: Straw (n.) A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease..

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..

Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain..

Grained :: Grained (a.) Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc..

Graining. :: Graining. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grai.

Seam :: Seam (n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.

Shack :: Shack (n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground..

Single :: Single (n.) A handful of gleaned grain.

Tous-les-mois :: Tous-les-mois (n.) A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year..

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

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

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To reap, as grain..

Barleycorn :: Barleycorn (n.) Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch..

Firlot :: Firlot (n.) A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000.

Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them..

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

Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).

Manna Croup :: Manna croup () The husked grains of manna grass.

Thatch :: Thatch (n.) To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain..

Rye :: Rye (n.) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man..

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