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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grain \Grain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grained}; p. pr & vb n. {Graining.}] 1. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc 2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains. 3. To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Graining \Grain"ing\, n. 1. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins. --Locke. 2. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised. 3. Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, atone, etc 4. (Soap Making) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Graining \Grain"ing\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); - called also dobule, and dace. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: graining n : a texture like that of wood [syn: {woodgraining}]
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