Definition of grain

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

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Kiln-dry :: Kiln-dry (v. t.) To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain..
Cradle :: Cradle (v. t.) To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain..
Red-gum :: Red-gum (n.) A name of rust on grain. See Rust.
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..
Millstone :: Millstone (n.) One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain; as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal..
Maslin :: Maslin (n.) A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye..
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.
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting..
Crib :: Crib (n.) A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats..
Farina :: Farina (n.) A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery..
Souple :: Souple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain.
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess..
Dram :: Dram (n.) A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains..
Ingraining :: Ingraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingrai.
Tamarack :: Tamarack (n.) The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood..
Albumen :: Albumen (n.) Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc..
Seam :: Seam (n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
Charlock :: Charlock (n.) A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock..
Weeviled :: Weeviled (a.) Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain..
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