Grain ¹

Definition: See Groan.

Grain ²

Definition: A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.

Grain ³

Definition: The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; used collectively.

Grain ⁴

Definition: 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.

Grain ⁵

Definition: 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. grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to gram. See Gram.

Grain ⁶

Definition: 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.

Grain ⁷

Definition: 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.

Grain ⁸

Definition: The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.

Grain ⁹

Definition: The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.

Grain ¹⁰

Definition: The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.

Grain ¹¹

Definition: The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

Grain ¹²

Definition: A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a.,

Grain ¹³

Definition: Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

Grain ¹⁴

Definition: A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.

Grain ¹⁵

Definition: To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

Grain ¹⁶

Definition: To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.

Grain ¹⁷

Definition: To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).

Grain ¹⁸

Definition: To yield fruit.

Grain ¹⁹

Definition: To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

Grain ²⁰

Definition: A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

Grain ²¹

Definition: A tine, prong, or fork.

Grain ²²

Definition: One the branches of a valley or of a river.

Grain ²³

Definition: An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.

Grain ²⁴

Definition: A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

Grain ²⁵

Definition: A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.

grain ²⁶

Definition: the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"

grain ²⁷

Definition: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

grain ²⁸

Definition: a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"

grain ²⁹

Definition: dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

grain ³⁰

Definition: pound; equals a troy grain or milligrams

grain ³¹

Definition: dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or milligrams

grain ³²

Definition: used for pearls or diamonds: mg or carat

grain ³³

Definition: become granular

grain ³⁴

Definition: form into grains

grain ³⁵

Definition: paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

grain ³⁶

Definition: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"