slovodefinícia
grain
(mass)
grain
- zrnitosť, zrnko, obilie, obilniny, zrno, zrniť
Grain
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\, v. & n.
See Groan. [Obs.]
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Grain
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
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1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
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2. 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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Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
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3. 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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I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
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4. 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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5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
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All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
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Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
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6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
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Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
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7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
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Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
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8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
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9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
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10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
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11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
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12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
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Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
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13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
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He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
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Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
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The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
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Grain
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grained (gr[=a]nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Graining.]
1. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
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2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
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3. To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the
grain of (leather, etc.).
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Grain
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\, v. i. [F. grainer, grener. See Grain, n.]
1. To yield fruit. [Obs.] --Gower.
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2. To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the
result of crystallization; to granulate.
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Grain
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [See Groin a part of the body.]
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1. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. [Obs.]
--G. Douglas.
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2. A tine, prong, or fork. Specifically:
(a) One the branches of a valley or of a river.
(b) pl. An iron fish spear or harpoon, having four or more
barbed points.
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3. A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
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4. (Founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady
a core.
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GRAIN
(bouvier)
GRAIN, weight. The twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight.
2. For scientific purposes the grain only is used, and sets of weights
are constructed in decimal progression, from 10,000 grains downward to one
hundredth of a grain.

GRAIN
(bouvier)
GRAIN, corn. It signifies wheat, rye, barley, or other corn sown in the
ground In Pennsylvania, a tenant for a certain term is entitled to the way-
going crop. 5 inn. 289, 258; 2 Binn. 487; 2 Serg. & Rawle, 14.

podobné slovodefinícia
closegrained
(mass)
close-grained
- jemnozrnný
grain
(mass)
grain
- zrnitosť, zrnko, obilie, obilniny, zrno, zrniť
grain alcohol
(mass)
grain alcohol
- lieh
A grain of allowance
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
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1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
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2. 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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Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
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3. 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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I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
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4. 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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5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
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All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
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Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
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6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
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Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
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7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
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Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
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8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
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9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
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10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
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11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
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12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
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Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
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13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
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He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
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Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
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The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
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Against the grain
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
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1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
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2. 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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Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
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3. 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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I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
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4. 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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5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
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All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
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Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
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Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
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7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
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Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
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8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
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9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
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10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
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11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
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12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
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Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
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13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
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He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
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Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
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The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
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Cassegrainian telescope
(gcide)
Telescope \Tel"e*scope\, n. [Gr. ? viewing afar, farseeing; ?
far, far off + ? a watcher, akin to ? to view: cf. F.
t['e]lescope. See Telegraph, and -scope.]
An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the
heavenly bodies.
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Note: A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first,
by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant
object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and,
secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a
larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ,
thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would
otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential
parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which
collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the
object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by
which the image is magnified.
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Achromatic telescope. See under Achromatic.

Aplanatic telescope, a telescope having an aplanatic
eyepiece.

Astronomical telescope, a telescope which has a simple
eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the
image formed by the object glass, and consequently
exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in
astronomical observations.

Cassegrainian telescope, a reflecting telescope invented by
Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in
having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave,
and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian
represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their
natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust.
under Reflecting telescope, below) is a Cassegrainian
telescope.

Dialytic telescope. See under Dialytic.

Equatorial telescope. See the Note under Equatorial.

Galilean telescope, a refracting telescope in which the
eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the
common opera glass. This was the construction originally
adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It
exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural
positions.

Gregorian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See
under Gregorian.

Herschelian telescope, a reflecting telescope of the form
invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one
speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the
object is formed near one side of the open end of the
tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly.

Newtonian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See
under Newtonian.

Photographic telescope, a telescope specially constructed
to make photographs of the heavenly bodies.

Prism telescope. See Teinoscope.

Reflecting telescope, a telescope in which the image is
formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two
speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope,
and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an
object glass. See {Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian,
& Newtonian, telescopes}, above.

Refracting telescope, a telescope in which the image is
formed by refraction through an object glass.

Telescope carp (Zool.), the telescope fish.

Telescope fish (Zool.), a monstrous variety of the goldfish
having very protuberant eyes.

Telescope fly (Zool.), any two-winged fly of the genus
Diopsis, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies
are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long
stalks.

Telescope shell (Zool.), an elongated gastropod ({Cerithium
telescopium}) having numerous flattened whorls.

Telescope sight (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to
the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as
a sight.

Terrestrial telescope, a telescope whose eyepiece has one
or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose
of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect.
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close-grained
(gcide)
close-grained \close-grained\ adj.
dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed
of small-diameter cells.

Syn: fine-grained.
[WordNet 1.5]
Coarse-grained
(gcide)
Coarse-grained \Coarse"-grained`\ (k[=o]rs"gr[=a]nd`), a.
Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in
refinement.
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Crossgrained
(gcide)
Crossgrained \Cross"grained\ (-gr?nd`), a.
1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less
transversely and irregularly, so as to interfere with
splitting or planing.
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If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you
must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way.
--Moxon.
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2. Perverse; untractable; contrary; difficult to deal with.

Syn: balky, contrarious.
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She was none of your crossgrained, termagant,
scolding jades. --Arbuthnot.
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cross-grained
(gcide)
nonparallel \nonparallel\ adj.
1. not parallel; -- of lines or linear objects. Opposite of
parallel. [Narrower terms: {bias, catacorner,
cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner,
catty-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered,
oblique, skew, skewed, slanted ; {crossed, decussate,
intersectant, intersecting}; cross-grained ; {diagonal;
{orthogonal, orthographic, rectangular, right-angled ;
right, perpendicular; angled ; {convergent] Also See:
convergent, divergent, diverging.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. (Computers) Not using parallel processing; -- of
computers. [Narrower terms: serial] PJC]
Engrain
(gcide)
Engrain \En*grain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engraining.] [Pref. en- + grain. Cf. Ingrain.]
1. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.
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Leaves engrained in lusty green. --Spenser.
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2. To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to
infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
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The stain hath become engrained by time. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See
Grain, v. t., 1.
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Engrained
(gcide)
Engrain \En*grain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engraining.] [Pref. en- + grain. Cf. Ingrain.]
1. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.
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Leaves engrained in lusty green. --Spenser.
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2. To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to
infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
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The stain hath become engrained by time. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See
Grain, v. t., 1.
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Engraining
(gcide)
Engrain \En*grain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engraining.] [Pref. en- + grain. Cf. Ingrain.]
1. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.
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Leaves engrained in lusty green. --Spenser.
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2. To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to
infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
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The stain hath become engrained by time. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See
Grain, v. t., 1.
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Felt grain
(gcide)
Felt \Felt\, n. [AS. felt; akin to D. vilt, G. filz, and
possibly to Gr. ? hair or wool wrought into felt, L. pilus
hair, pileus a felt cap or hat.]
1. A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool
and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by
rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning
or weaving.
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It were a delicate stratagem to shoe
A troop of horse with felt. --Shak.
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2. A hat made of felt. --Thynne.
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3. A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. [Obs.]
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To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the
felt be loose. --Mortimer.
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Felt grain, the grain of timber which is transverse to the
annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary
rays in oak and some other timber. --Knight.
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Filigrain
(gcide)
Filigrain \Fil"i*grain\, Filigrane \Fil"i*grane\, n. [Sp.
filigrana (cf. It. filigrana, E. filigrane), fr. L. filuma
thread + granum grain. See File a row, and Grain, and cf.
Filigree.]
Filigree. [Archaic]
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With her head . . . touches the crown of filigrane.
--Longfellow.
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fine-grained
(gcide)
fine-grained \fine-grained\ adj.
1. consisting of fine particles.

Syn: powdered, powdery, pulverized, small-grained.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood
composed of small-diameter cells.

Syn: close-grained.
[WordNet 1.5]

3. involving careful consideration of details and fine
distinctions; -- of conceptual schemas; as, fine-grained
distinctions.

Syn: detailed.
[PJC]
Grain
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\, v. & n.
See Groan. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
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1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]Grain \Grain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grained (gr[=a]nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Graining.]
1. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
[1913 Webster]

3. To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the
grain of (leather, etc.).
[1913 Webster]Grain \Grain\, v. i. [F. grainer, grener. See Grain, n.]
1. To yield fruit. [Obs.] --Gower.
[1913 Webster]

2. To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the
result of crystallization; to granulate.
[1913 Webster]Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [See Groin a part of the body.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. [Obs.]
--G. Douglas.
[1913 Webster]

2. A tine, prong, or fork. Specifically:
(a) One the branches of a valley or of a river.
(b) pl. An iron fish spear or harpoon, having four or more
barbed points.
[1913 Webster]

3. A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady
a core.
[1913 Webster]
Grain binder
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]
Grain colors
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]
Grain leather
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]
Grain moth
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]
Grain side
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]
grain tin
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]Tin \Tin\, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel.
& Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.]
1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the
mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft silvery-white
crystalline metal, with a tinge of yellowish-blue, and a
high luster. It is malleable at ordinary temperatures, but
brittle when heated. It is softer than gold and can be
beaten out into very thin strips called tinfoil. It is
ductile at 2120, when it can be drawn out into wire which
is not very tenacious; it melts at 4420, and at a higher
temperature burns with a brilliant white light. Air and
moisture act on tin very slightly. The peculiar properties
of tin, especially its malleability, its brilliancy and
the slowness with which it rusts make it very serviceable.
With other metals it forms valuable alloys, as bronze, gun
metal, bell metal, pewter and solder. It is not easily
oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to
protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with
mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in
solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its
compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol
Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.
[1913 Webster]

2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
[1913 Webster]

3. Money. [Cant] --Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]

Block tin (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and
partially refined, but containing small quantities of
various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.;
solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also
bar tin.

Butter of tin. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius,
under Fuming.

Grain tin. (Metal.) See under Grain.

Salt of tin (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so
called when used as a mordant.

Stream tin. See under Stream.

Tin cry (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a
bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the
crystal granules on each other.

Tin foil, tin reduced to a thin leaf.

Tin frame (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin
ore.

Tin liquor, Tin mordant (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used
as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing.

Tin penny, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to
tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.]
--Bailey.

Tin plate, thin sheet iron coated with tin.

Tin pyrites. See Stannite.
[1913 Webster]
Grain tin
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]Tin \Tin\, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel.
& Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.]
1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the
mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft silvery-white
crystalline metal, with a tinge of yellowish-blue, and a
high luster. It is malleable at ordinary temperatures, but
brittle when heated. It is softer than gold and can be
beaten out into very thin strips called tinfoil. It is
ductile at 2120, when it can be drawn out into wire which
is not very tenacious; it melts at 4420, and at a higher
temperature burns with a brilliant white light. Air and
moisture act on tin very slightly. The peculiar properties
of tin, especially its malleability, its brilliancy and
the slowness with which it rusts make it very serviceable.
With other metals it forms valuable alloys, as bronze, gun
metal, bell metal, pewter and solder. It is not easily
oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to
protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with
mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in
solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its
compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol
Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.
[1913 Webster]

2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
[1913 Webster]

3. Money. [Cant] --Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]

Block tin (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and
partially refined, but containing small quantities of
various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.;
solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also
bar tin.

Butter of tin. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius,
under Fuming.

Grain tin. (Metal.) See under Grain.

Salt of tin (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so
called when used as a mordant.

Stream tin. See under Stream.

Tin cry (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a
bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the
crystal granules on each other.

Tin foil, tin reduced to a thin leaf.

Tin frame (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin
ore.

Tin liquor, Tin mordant (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used
as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing.

Tin penny, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to
tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.]
--Bailey.

Tin plate, thin sheet iron coated with tin.

Tin pyrites. See Stannite.
[1913 Webster]
Grain weevil
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]
Grain worm
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]
Grained
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grained (gr[=a]nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Graining.]
1. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
[1913 Webster]

3. To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the
grain of (leather, etc.).
[1913 Webster]Grained \Grained\ (gr[=a]nd), a.
1. Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains;
showing the grain; hence, rough.
[1913 Webster]

2. Dyed in grain; ingrained.
[1913 Webster]

Persons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous
honesty, are but pale in goodness. --Sir T.
Browne.
[1913 Webster]

3. Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood,
marble, etc.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Bot.) Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the
petals or sepals of some flowers.
[1913 Webster]
Grainer
(gcide)
Grainer \Grain"er\ (gr[=a]n"[~e]r), n.
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
[1913 Webster]

3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble,
etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.
[1913 Webster]
Grainfield
(gcide)
Grainfield \Grain"field`\ (gr[=a]n"f[=e]ld`), n.
A field where grain is grown.
[1913 Webster]
graininess
(gcide)
graininess \graininess\ n.
the quality of being composed of relatively large particles.

Syn: coarseness, granularity.
[WordNet 1.5]
Graining
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grained (gr[=a]nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Graining.]
1. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
[1913 Webster]

3. To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the
grain of (leather, etc.).
[1913 Webster]Graining \Grain"ing\, n.
1. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
--Locke.
[1913 Webster]

2. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is
softened and the grain raised.
[1913 Webster]

3. Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood,
stone, etc.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Soap Making) The process of separating soap from spent
lye, as with salt.
[1913 Webster]Graining \Grain"ing\, n. (Zool.)
A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); --
called also dobule, and dace.
[1913 Webster]
grains
(gcide)
Grainer \Grain"er\ (gr[=a]n"[~e]r), n.
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
[1913 Webster]

3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble,
etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.
[1913 Webster]Grains \Grains\ (gr[=a]nz), n. pl.
1. See 5th Grain, n., 2
(b) .
[1913 Webster]

2. Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1.
[1913 Webster]
Grains
(gcide)
Grainer \Grain"er\ (gr[=a]n"[~e]r), n.
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
[1913 Webster]

3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble,
etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.
[1913 Webster]Grains \Grains\ (gr[=a]nz), n. pl.
1. See 5th Grain, n., 2
(b) .
[1913 Webster]

2. Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1.
[1913 Webster]
Grains of paradise
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]Paradise \Par"a*dise\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[imac]s), n. [OE. & F.
paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise,
fr. Zend pairida[=e]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to
Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear,
and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
after their creation.
[1913 Webster]

2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
[1913 Webster]

To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
xxiii. 43.
[1913 Webster]

It sounds to him like her mother's voice,
Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]

3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
hence, a state of happiness.
[1913 Webster]

The earth
Shall be all paradise. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
--Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
before a basilica, etc.
[1913 Webster]

5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
[1913 Webster]

Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo.

Grains of paradise. (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under
Pepper.

Paradise bird. (Zool.) Same as Bird of paradise. Among
the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
superba}); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and
the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The
long-billed paradise birds (Epimachin[ae]) also include
some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow,
and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise
in the Vocabulary.

Paradise fish (Zool.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish
(Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins. It is
often kept alive as an ornamental fish.

Paradise flycatcher (Zool.), any flycatcher of the genus
Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely
elongated. The adult male of Terpsiphone paradisi is
white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.

Paradise grackle (Zool.), a very beautiful bird of New
Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety
plumage with brilliant metallic tints.

Paradise nut (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut.
[Local, U. S.]

Paradise whidah bird. (Zool.) See Whidah.
[1913 Webster]Pepper \Pep"per\ (p[e^]p"p[~e]r), n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L.
piper, fr. Gr. pe`peri, pi`peri, akin to Skr. pippala,
pippali.]
1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Common pepper, or black pepper, is made from the
whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper
is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has
been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of
the peculiar properties of the plant than the black
pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative
stimulant.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous
flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed
throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
earth.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . These contain
varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N),
which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is
about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a
scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also
Capsicum and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]

Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
Capsicum. See Capsicum, and the Phrases, below.
[1913 Webster]

African pepper, the Guinea pepper. See under Guinea.

Cayenne pepper. See under Cayenne.

Chinese pepper, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
Japan.

Guinea pepper. See under Guinea, and Capsicum.

Jamaica pepper. See Allspice.

Long pepper.
(a) The spike of berries of Piper longum, an East Indian
shrub.
(b) The root of Piper methysticum (syn. {Macropiper
methysticum}) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.


Malaguetta pepper, or Meleguetta pepper, the aromatic
seeds of the Amomum Melegueta, an African plant of the
Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer,
etc., under the name of grains of Paradise.

Red pepper. See Capsicum.

Sweet pepper bush (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
called also white alder.

Pepper box or Pepper caster, a small box or bottle, with
a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on
food, etc.

Pepper corn. See in the Vocabulary.

Pepper elder (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia.


Pepper moth (Zool.), a European moth (Biston betularia)
having white wings covered with small black specks.

Pepper pot, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.

Pepper root. (Bot.). See Coralwort.

pepper sauce, a condiment for the table, made of small red
peppers steeped in vinegar.

Pepper tree (Bot.), an aromatic tree (Drimys axillaris)
of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic.
[1913 Webster]
grains of Paradise
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
[1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food
of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants
themselves; -- used collectively.
[1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. 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.
[1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
[1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
[1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
[1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
[1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
[1913 Webster]

11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
[1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
[1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
[1913 Webster]Paradise \Par"a*dise\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[imac]s), n. [OE. & F.
paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise,
fr. Zend pairida[=e]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to
Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear,
and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
after their creation.
[1913 Webster]

2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
[1913 Webster]

To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
xxiii. 43.
[1913 Webster]

It sounds to him like her mother's voice,
Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]

3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
hence, a state of happiness.
[1913 Webster]

The earth
Shall be all paradise. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
--Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
before a basilica, etc.
[1913 Webster]

5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
[1913 Webster]

Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo.

Grains of paradise. (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under
Pepper.

Paradise bird. (Zool.) Same as Bird of paradise. Among
the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
superba}); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and
the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The
long-billed paradise birds (Epimachin[ae]) also include
some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow,
and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise
in the Vocabulary.

Paradise fish (Zool.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish
(Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins. It is
often kept alive as an ornamental fish.

Paradise flycatcher (Zool.), any flycatcher of the genus
Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely
elongated. The adult male of Terpsiphone paradisi is
white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.

Paradise grackle (Zool.), a very beautiful bird of New
Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety
plumage with brilliant metallic tints.

Paradise nut (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut.
[Local, U. S.]

Paradise whidah bird. (Zool.) See Whidah.
[1913 Webster]Pepper \Pep"per\ (p[e^]p"p[~e]r), n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L.
piper, fr. Gr. pe`peri, pi`peri, akin to Skr. pippala,
pippali.]
1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Common pepper, or black pepper, is made from the
whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper
is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has
been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of
the peculiar properties of the plant than the black
pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative
stimulant.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous
flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed
throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
earth.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae
family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit;
red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the
jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the
habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . These contain
varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N),
which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is
about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a
scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also
Capsicum and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.
[1913 Webster + PJC]

Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
Capsicum. See Capsicum, and the Phrases, below.
[1913 Webster]

African pepper, the Guinea pepper. See under Guinea.

Cayenne pepper. See under Cayenne.

Chinese pepper, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
Japan.

Guinea pepper. See under Guinea, and Capsicum.

Jamaica pepper. See Allspice.

Long pepper.
(a) The spike of berries of Piper longum, an East Indian
shrub.
(b) The root of Piper methysticum (syn. {Macropiper
methysticum}) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.


Malaguetta pepper, or Meleguetta pepper, the aromatic
seeds of the Amomum Melegueta, an African plant of the
Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer,
etc., under the name of grains of Paradise.

Red pepper. See Capsicum.

Sweet pepper bush (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
called also white alder.

Pepper box or Pepper caster, a small box or bottle, with
a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on
food, etc.

Pepper corn. See in the Vocabulary.

Pepper elder (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia.


Pepper moth (Zool.), a European moth (Biston betularia)
having white wings covered with small black specks.

Pepper pot, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.

Pepper root. (Bot.). See Coralwort.

pepper sauce, a condiment for the table, made of small red
peppers steeped in vinegar.

Pepper tree (Bot.), an aromatic tree (Drimys axillaris)
of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic.
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Grainy
(gcide)
Grainy \Grain"y\ (gr[=a]n"[y^]), a.
Resembling grains; granular.
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Grosgrain
(gcide)
Grosgrain \Gros"grain`\, a. [F. Cf. Grogram.]
Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread
running crosswise.
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Guinea grains
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Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[i^]n"[-e]), n.
1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for
its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea
fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
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2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings
sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the
issue of sovereigns in 1817.
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The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of
which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go
for twenty shillings; but it never went for less
than twenty-one shillings. --Pinkerton.
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Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra.

Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean
setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of
Guinea.

Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit
guineas. [Obs.] --Gay.

Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zool.), an African gallinaceous
bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The
common domesticated species (Numida meleagris), has a
colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a
dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The
crested Guinea fowl (Numida cristata) is a finer
species.

Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See
Amomum.

Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum
jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies
and Southern United States.

Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria
Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the
Guinea hen.

Guinea peach. See under Peach.

Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica,
a tree of the order Anonace[ae], found in tropical West
Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper
aethiopicum}.

Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a
large West African tree of the order Chrysobalane[ae],
having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum,
which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum.

Guinea worm (Zool.), a long and slender African nematoid
worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in
the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces
painful sores.
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In grain
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
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1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
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2. 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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Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
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3. 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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I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
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4. 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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5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
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All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
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Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
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6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
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Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
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7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
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Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
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8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
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9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
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10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
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11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
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12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
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Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
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13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
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He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
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Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
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The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
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Ingrain
(gcide)
Ingrain \In"grain`\, n.
An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
[1913 Webster]Ingrain \In"grain`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ingraining.] [Written also engrain.]
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1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
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2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
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3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or
moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to
infix deeply.
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Our fields ingrained with blood. --Daniel.
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Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man
who has these vices at all. --Helps.
[1913 Webster]Ingrain \In"grain`\ (?; 277), a. [Pref. in- in + grain kermes.
See Engrain, Grain.]
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1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.]
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2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a
textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought;
forming an essential part of the substance.
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Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet.

Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.
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Ingrain carpet
(gcide)
Ingrain \In"grain`\ (?; 277), a. [Pref. in- in + grain kermes.
See Engrain, Grain.]
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1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.]
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2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a
textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought;
forming an essential part of the substance.
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Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet.

Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.
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Ingrained
(gcide)
Ingrain \In"grain`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ingraining.] [Written also engrain.]
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1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
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2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
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3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or
moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to
infix deeply.
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Our fields ingrained with blood. --Daniel.
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Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man
who has these vices at all. --Helps.
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Ingraining
(gcide)
Ingrain \In"grain`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ingraining.] [Written also engrain.]
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1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
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2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
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3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or
moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to
infix deeply.
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Our fields ingrained with blood. --Daniel.
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Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man
who has these vices at all. --Helps.
[1913 Webster]ingraining \ingraining\ n.
teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction
or repetition.

Syn: inculcation, instilling.
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ingraining
(gcide)
Ingrain \In"grain`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ingraining.] [Written also engrain.]
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1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
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2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
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3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or
moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to
infix deeply.
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Our fields ingrained with blood. --Daniel.
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Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man
who has these vices at all. --Helps.
[1913 Webster]ingraining \ingraining\ n.
teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction
or repetition.

Syn: inculcation, instilling.
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Kefir grains
(gcide)
Kefir grains \Kefir grains\
Small hard yellowish aggregations found in the Caucasus
region, and containing various yeasts and bacteria. They are
used as a ferment in preparing kefir.
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migraine
(gcide)
Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL.
hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. ?; ?- half + ?
skull. See Hemi- and Cranium, and cf. Hemicrania,
Migraine.]
1. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and
confined to one side of the head; now more commonly called
migraine headache or migraine.
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2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural,
lowness of spirits.
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These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies.
--Ford.
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3. pl. (Far.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded
sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of
blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy. --Youatt.
[1913 Webster]migraine \mi*graine"\, n. [F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L.
hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. "hmikrani`a; "hmi- half +
krani`on skull. See Hemi- and Cranium, and cf.
Hemicrania, Migraine.]
1. A kind of intense sick or nervous headache, usually
periodical and confined to one side of the head; called
also migraine headache. Same as megrim. --
Mi*grain"ous, a.
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migraine headache
(gcide)
Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL.
hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. ?; ?- half + ?
skull. See Hemi- and Cranium, and cf. Hemicrania,
Migraine.]
1. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and
confined to one side of the head; now more commonly called
migraine headache or migraine.
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2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural,
lowness of spirits.
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These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies.
--Ford.
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3. pl. (Far.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded
sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of
blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy. --Youatt.
[1913 Webster]migraine \mi*graine"\, n. [F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L.
hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. "hmikrani`a; "hmi- half +
krani`on skull. See Hemi- and Cranium, and cf.
Hemicrania, Migraine.]
1. A kind of intense sick or nervous headache, usually
periodical and confined to one side of the head; called
also migraine headache. Same as megrim. --
Mi*grain"ous, a.
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Migrainous
(gcide)
migraine \mi*graine"\, n. [F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L.
hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. "hmikrani`a; "hmi- half +
krani`on skull. See Hemi- and Cranium, and cf.
Hemicrania, Migraine.]
1. A kind of intense sick or nervous headache, usually
periodical and confined to one side of the head; called
also migraine headache. Same as megrim. --
Mi*grain"ous, a.
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Oily grain
(gcide)
Oily \Oil"y\, a. [Compar. Oilier; superl. Oiliest.]
1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or
qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or
substance. --Bacon.
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2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an
oily appearance.
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3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible;
insinuating. "This oily rascal." --Shak.
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His oily compliance in all alterations. --Fuller.
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Oily grain (Bot.), the sesame.

Oily palm, the oil palm.
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Pollen grain
(gcide)
Pollen \Pol"len\, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr.
?]
1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of
flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of Filament.
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Pollen grain (Bot.), a particle or call of pollen.

Pollen mass, a pollinium. --Gray.

Pollen sac, a compartment of an anther containing pollen,
-- usually there are four in each anther.

Pollen tube, a slender tube which issues from the pollen
grain on its contact with the stigma, which it penetrates,
thus conveying, it is supposed, the fecundating matter of
the grain to the ovule.
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Rough-grained
(gcide)
Rough-grained \Rough"-grained\, a.
Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having
coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.
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Seed grain
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Seed \Seed\ (s[=e]d), n.; pl. Seed or Seeds. [OE. seed, sed,
AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G.
saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], sae[eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s
seed of men, world. See Sow to scatter seed, and cf.
Colza.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or
more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a
currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
(b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a
pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper;
as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,
the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself. --Gen. i. 11.
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Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and
within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is
either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the
albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of
the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where
the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the
closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle.
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2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm;
-- not used in the plural.
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3. That from which anything springs; first principle;
original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
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4. The principle of production.
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Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed,
Which may the like in coming ages breed. --Waller.
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5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of
Abraham; the seed of David.
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Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to
any number collectively, and admits of the plural form,
though rarely used in the plural.
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6. Race; generation; birth.
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Of mortal seed they were not held. --Waller.
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Seed bag (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation
of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag
encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which
swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and
the sides of the hole.

Seed bud (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the
embryo state; the ovule.

Seed coat (Bot.), the covering of a seed.

Seed corn, or Seed grain (Bot.), corn or grain for seed.


To eat the seed corn, To eat the corn which should be saved
for seed, so as to forestall starvation; -- a desparate
measure, since it only postpones disaster. Hence: any
desparate action which creates a disastrous situation in
the long-term, done in order to provide temporary relief.


Seed down (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as
cotton seed.

Seed drill. See 6th Drill, 2
(a) .

Seed eater (Zool.), any finch of the genera Sporophila,
and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds.

Seed gall (Zool.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed
on the leaves of various plants, usually by some species
of Phylloxera.

Seed leaf (Bot.), a cotyledon.

Seed lobe (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.

Seed oil, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.

Seed oyster, a young oyster, especially when of a size
suitable for transplantation to a new locality.

Seed pearl, a small pearl of little value.

Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds are
sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.

Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a
funicle.

Seed tick (Zool.), one of several species of ticks
resembling seeds in form and color.

Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the
seeds; a pericarp.

Seed weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous small weevils,
especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the
seeds of various plants.

Seed wool, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds.
[Southern U.S.]
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Silver grain
(gcide)
Silver \Sil"ver\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
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2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." --Shak.
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Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed
Their downy breast. --Milton.
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(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver
voices." --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." --Spenser.
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American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
Balsam.

Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.

Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
(Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.

Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.


Silver chub (Zool.), the fallfish.

Silver eel. (Zool.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A pale variety of the common eel.

Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata)
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.


Silver foil, foil made of silver.

Silver fox (Zool.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes
vulpes}, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of
Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with
silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also {black
fox}, and silver-gray fox.

Silver gar. (Zool.) See Billfish
(a) .

Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.

Silver grebe (Zool.), the red-throated diver. See Illust.
under Diver.

Silver hake (Zool.), the American whiting.

Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.

Silver lunge (Zool.), the namaycush.

Silver moonfish.(Zool.) See Moonfish
(b) .

Silver moth (Zool.), a lepisma.

Silver owl (Zool.), the barn owl.

Silver perch (Zool.), the mademoiselle, 2.

Silver pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
species (Euplocamus nychtemerus) is native of China.

Silver plate,
(a) domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with
silver.
(b) a plating of silver on a base metal.

Silver plover (Zool.), the knot.

Silver salmon (Zool.), a salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all
the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called
also kisutch, whitefish, and white salmon.

Silver shell (Zool.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia.
See Anomia.

Silver steel, an alloy of steel with a very small
proportion of silver.

Silver stick, a title given to the title field officer of
the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.]
--Thackeray.

Silver tree (Bot.), a South African tree ({Leucadendron
argenteum}) with long, silvery, silky leaves.

Silver trout, (Zool.) See Trout.

Silver wedding. See under Wedding.

Silver whiting (Zool.), a marine sciaenoid food fish
(Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United
States; -- called also surf whiting.

Silver witch (Zool.), A lepisma.
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To dye in grain
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
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1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
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2. 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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Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
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3. 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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I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
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4. 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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5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
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All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
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Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
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6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
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Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
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7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
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Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
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8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
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9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
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10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
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11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
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12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
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Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
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13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
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He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
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Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
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The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
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To dye in the grain
(gcide)
Dye \Dye\ (d[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dyed (d[imac]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Dyeing.] [OE. deyan, dyen, AS. de['a]gian.]
To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as
by the application of dyestuffs.
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Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. --Trench.
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The soul is dyed by its thoughts. --Lubbock.
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To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool (Fig.), to dye
firmly; to imbue thoroughly.
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He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the
revenue system dyed in the wool. --Hawthorne.

Syn: See Stain.
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To go against the grain of
(gcide)
Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed,
small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner,
n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]
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1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
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2. 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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Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.
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3. 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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I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
--Milton.
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4. 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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5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;
hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,
scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent
to Tyrian purple.
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All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.
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Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped
their silks in colors of less value, then give' them
the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by
Coleridge,
preface to
Aids to
Reflection.
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6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its
comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,
sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
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Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.
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7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
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Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
--Shak.
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8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.
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9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on
that side. --Knight.
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10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or
distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
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11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in
the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
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12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]
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Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.
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13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]
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He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.
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Against the grain, against or across the direction of the
fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;
unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.
--Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a
small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the
grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.


Grain leather.
(a) Dressed horse hides.
(b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side
for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the
family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and {Butalis
cerealella}), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.


Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which
the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with
charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil ({Sitophilus
granarius}), which destroys stored wheat and other grain,
by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain
moth}, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;
genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the
coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye
firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.
See under Dye.
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The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . .
Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to;
to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
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Triple ingrain carpet
(gcide)
Ingrain \In"grain`\ (?; 277), a. [Pref. in- in + grain kermes.
See Engrain, Grain.]
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1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.]
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2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a
textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought;
forming an essential part of the substance.
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Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet.

Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.
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GRAIN
(bouvier)
GRAIN, weight. The twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight.
2. For scientific purposes the grain only is used, and sets of weights
are constructed in decimal progression, from 10,000 grains downward to one
hundredth of a grain.

GRAIN, corn. It signifies wheat, rye, barley, or other corn sown in the
ground In Pennsylvania, a tenant for a certain term is entitled to the way-
going crop. 5 inn. 289, 258; 2 Binn. 487; 2 Serg. & Rawle, 14.

GRAINAGE
(bouvier)
GRAINAGE, Eng. law. The name of an ancient duty collected in London,
consisting of one-twentieth part of the salt imported into that city.

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