Etymology: [ 'grAn ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, partly from Middle French grain cereal grain, from Latin granum; partly from Middle French graine seed, kermes, from Latin grana, plural of granum; more at CORN.
Having a specified type of grain e.g. close-grained, Stained with an imitation wood grain, Simple past tense and past participle of grain, Having a grain or grains, past of grain, Dyed in grain; ingrained, Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers, separated into granules, Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc, Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough, A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams. A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the mesures usuelles permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams, A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction, To feed grain to, A single particle of a substance, A linear texture of a material or surface, A single seed of grain, The crops from which grain is harvested, To make granular; to form into grains, The harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley, To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood, To soften leather, To remove the hair or fat from a skin, The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side, The remains of grain, etc, of fine grain, after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum, 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, Also called draff, sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple, The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material, The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc, To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc, into grains, 0648 gram, To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate, manufacture grains; crumble into granules; paint in imitation of a grain (such as wood grain), To form powder, sugar, etc, See Grained, a, Temper; natural disposition; inclination, A sort of spice, the grain of paradise, A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock, The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc, granum, A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food, See Groan, 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy, A grain is equal to, A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc, 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, hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc, To yield fruit, or the plants themselves; used collectively, Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc, See Gram, To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc, in papermaking, the direction in which most fibers lie, which corresponds with the direction the paper is formed on the mill machinery Paper folds easily when folded with the grain and it folds poorly and creates a rougher edge when folded against the grain, The direction in which most fibers lie in a sheet of paper As the pulp slurry moves forward on the papermaking machine's formation wires, the fibers tend to align themselves in the direction of movement Binding books parallel to the grain allows for a smoother fold then working across the grain Grain direction of sheet fed papers is usually indicated by underlining the number, e g , 23" X -35" On a web press, the grain direction should run along the length of the paper web, become granular, form into grains, paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood, formed because of the way wood grows Wood fibers grow in the direction of the grain, this is along the length of the tree stem, The direction, size, arrangement, appearance, or quality of the fibers in wood, The pattern of fibers in paper, board, and other materials During manufacture, most fibers will line up parallel to each other resulting in a predominant grain direction Grain direction influences the strength of paper and board and has implications for folding, gluing, etc, A solid polyhedral (or many sided crystal) consisting of groups of atoms bound together in a regular geometric pattern In mill practice grains are usually studied only as they appear in one plane (1) (Direction of) Refers to grain fiber following the direction of rolling and parallel to edges of strip or sheets (2) To bend across the grain is to bend at right angles to the direction of rolling (3) To bend with the grain is to bend parallel to the direction of rolling In steel, the ductility in the direction of rolling is almost twice that at right angles to the direction of rolling, A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant, (1) in paper, the direction in which the majority of the fibers lie; (2) smallest unit of weight used in American system of measuring based on the weight of a grain of wheat equal to 0 0648 gram; (3) indicates silver halide particles that are larger than normal in a processed photographic film or print; (4) printed resemblance to a wooden surface, The direction in which the paper fibers lie, corresponding to the direction in which the paper was made It's better to fold a paper against the grain because the paper fibers won't split and the paper won't tear If you fold or cut paper with the grain, the paper will curl at the edges, thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt", dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e g wheat, barley, Indian corn, A grain of something such as sand or salt is a tiny hard piece of it. a grain of sand. + -grained -grained coarse-grained salt, A grain of a quality is a very small amount of it. There's more than a grain of truth in that, Grain is a cereal crop, especially wheat or corn, that has been harvested and is used for food or in trade. a bag of grain. the best grains, A grain of wheat, rice, or other cereal crop is a seed from it. a grain of wheat. rice grains, cereal; seed; granule; plants producing grain; particle; small portion of; texture, weave, The grain of a piece of wood is the direction of its fibres. You can also refer to the pattern of lines on the surface of the wood as the grain. Brush the paint generously over the wood in the direction of the grain. + -grained -grained a hard, heavy, straight-grained wood, If you say that an idea or action goes against the grain, you mean that it is very difficult for you to accept it or do it, because it conflicts with your previous ideas, beliefs, or principles. Privatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry, 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64 799 milligrams, 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64 799 milligrams, used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat, foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses, a small hard particle; "a grain of sand", Refers to the patterns formed by the way wood fibers are arranged on the bat Tight, medium, and wide grain refers to the size of these patterns in relation to other professional player bats of the era, The Grain direction is the direction that most of the paper fibers lay longitudinally in a sheet of paper The paper fibers lay parallel to the direction in which the paper is made on the paper machine You can determine the Grain Direction of a sheet of paper by comparing the flexing resistance of the sheet in the East-West direction versus the North-South direction The direction which offers the least resistance is the grain direction, wheat, barley, Indian corn 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64, dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e, In machine made paper and board, the direction in which the fibres predominantly lie Grain direction needs careful consideration in bookbinding and paper conservation treatments, 799 milligrams 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64, the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain" foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses a small hard particle; "a grain of sand" dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e, foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses a small hard particle; "a grain of sand", the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain", One the branches of a valley or of a river, A tine, prong, or fork, An iron fish spear or harpoon, having four or more barbed points, A blade of a sword, knife, etc, A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core, The angle at which the grass of a green grows Putting "against the grain" requires more effort than "with the grain ", 799 milligrams used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood, The side of the leather that had the hair, i e the outside Full grain has the original surface, whereas corrected grain has been abraded to make the leather smoother and more uniform It is regarded for its soft, grainy texture and appearance, Refers to paper fibre direction Folding occurs easily along the grain but must be forced if at right angles to the grain, (1) One of the earliest units of weight in which one grain was the equivalent of a grain of wheat taken from the middle of the ear (2) Spherical particles of silver grain widely sold in the jewelry trade for alloying, made by pouring molten silver into water, In paper, grain is the direction in which most wood pulp fibers lie within the sheet as the paper is made Folding paper against the grain breaks more wood fibers than folding with the grain, resulting in an uneven, less precise fold, In an enlarged image, a speckled or mottled effect caused by oversized clumps of silver in the negative It is the granular texture appearing to some degree in all processed photographic materials In black and white photographs the grains are minute particles of black metallic silver that constitute the dark areas of a photograph In color photographs the silver is removed chemically, but tiny blotches of dye retain the appearance of grain The more sensitive - or faster - the film, the coarser the grain, Direction of growth of blades of grass Particularly noticeable on putting greens, the grain will have an influence on the direction and speed of the ball as it rolls, (1) The texture of wood, produced by the kinds of xylem cells present (2) The fruit of a member of the grasses, ‑ The directions in which the threads composing the fabric run, Direction of fibers in a sheet of paper Long grain describes fibers running parallel to the longest side of a sheet short grain running parallel to the short side, The direction in which the fibers in a sheet of paper have been made on a paper machine, The pattern, size and direction of the fibers in wood or veneer (See image of rough grain at left ), The direction, size, arrangement or appearance of the fibers in wood or veneer, In a photograph On monochrome film it is the structure, clumps of silver atoms, present after exposure and development In the print it is the negative of this - the printed gaps between the clumps,
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Having a specified type of grain e.g. close-grained
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Stained with an imitation wood grain
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Simple past tense and past participle of grain
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Having a grain or grains
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past of grain
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Dyed in grain; ingrained
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Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers
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separated into granules sıfat
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Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc
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Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough
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A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams. A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the mesures usuelles permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams
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A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction
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To feed grain to
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A single particle of a substance - "a grain of salt"
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A linear texture of a material or surface - "Cut along the grain of the wood."
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A single seed of grain - "a grain of wheat"
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The crops from which grain is harvested - "The fields were planted with grain."
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To make granular; to form into grains
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The harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley - "We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter."
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To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood
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To soften leather
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To remove the hair or fat from a skin
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The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side
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The remains of grain, etc
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of fine grain
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after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum
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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
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Also called draff
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sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple
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The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material
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The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc
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To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc
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into grains
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grain
0648 gram
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To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate
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manufacture grains; crumble into granules; paint in imitation of a grain (such as wood grain) fiil
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To form powder, sugar, etc
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See Grained, a
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Temper; natural disposition; inclination
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A sort of spice, the grain of paradise
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grain
A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock
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The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc
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granum isim
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A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food
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See Groan
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7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy
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A grain is equal to
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grain
A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc
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grain
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
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hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc
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To yield fruit
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or the plants themselves; used collectively
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Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc
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See Gram
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To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc
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grain
in papermaking, the direction in which most fibers lie, which corresponds with the direction the paper is formed on the mill machinery Paper folds easily when folded with the grain and it folds poorly and creates a rougher edge when folded against the grain
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grain
The direction in which most fibers lie in a sheet of paper As the pulp slurry moves forward on the papermaking machine's formation wires, the fibers tend to align themselves in the direction of movement Binding books parallel to the grain allows for a smoother fold then working across the grain Grain direction of sheet fed papers is usually indicated by underlining the number, e g , 23" X -35" On a web press, the grain direction should run along the length of the paper web
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grain
become granular
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grain
form into grains
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paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
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formed because of the way wood grows Wood fibers grow in the direction of the grain, this is along the length of the tree stem
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The direction, size, arrangement, appearance, or quality of the fibers in wood
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grain
The pattern of fibers in paper, board, and other materials During manufacture, most fibers will line up parallel to each other resulting in a predominant grain direction Grain direction influences the strength of paper and board and has implications for folding, gluing, etc
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grain
A solid polyhedral (or many sided crystal) consisting of groups of atoms bound together in a regular geometric pattern In mill practice grains are usually studied only as they appear in one plane (1) (Direction of) Refers to grain fiber following the direction of rolling and parallel to edges of strip or sheets (2) To bend across the grain is to bend at right angles to the direction of rolling (3) To bend with the grain is to bend parallel to the direction of rolling In steel, the ductility in the direction of rolling is almost twice that at right angles to the direction of rolling
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A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant
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(1) in paper, the direction in which the majority of the fibers lie; (2) smallest unit of weight used in American system of measuring based on the weight of a grain of wheat equal to 0 0648 gram; (3) indicates silver halide particles that are larger than normal in a processed photographic film or print; (4) printed resemblance to a wooden surface
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The direction in which the paper fibers lie, corresponding to the direction in which the paper was made It's better to fold a paper against the grain because the paper fibers won't split and the paper won't tear If you fold or cut paper with the grain, the paper will curl at the edges
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thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
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dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e g wheat, barley, Indian corn
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A grain of something such as sand or salt is a tiny hard piece of it. a grain of sand. + -grained -grained coarse-grained salt
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A grain of a quality is a very small amount of it. There's more than a grain of truth in that
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Grain is a cereal crop, especially wheat or corn, that has been harvested and is used for food or in trade. a bag of grain. the best grains
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A grain of wheat, rice, or other cereal crop is a seed from it. a grain of wheat. rice grains
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cereal; seed; granule; plants producing grain; particle; small portion of; texture, weave isim
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The grain of a piece of wood is the direction of its fibres. You can also refer to the pattern of lines on the surface of the wood as the grain. Brush the paint generously over the wood in the direction of the grain. + -grained -grained a hard, heavy, straight-grained wood
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If you say that an idea or action goes against the grain, you mean that it is very difficult for you to accept it or do it, because it conflicts with your previous ideas, beliefs, or principles. Privatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry
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grain
1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64 799 milligrams
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1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64 799 milligrams
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used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
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grain
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
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grain
a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"
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grain
Refers to the patterns formed by the way wood fibers are arranged on the bat Tight, medium, and wide grain refers to the size of these patterns in relation to other professional player bats of the era
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grain
The Grain direction is the direction that most of the paper fibers lay longitudinally in a sheet of paper The paper fibers lay parallel to the direction in which the paper is made on the paper machine You can determine the Grain Direction of a sheet of paper by comparing the flexing resistance of the sheet in the East-West direction versus the North-South direction The direction which offers the least resistance is the grain direction
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wheat, barley, Indian corn 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64
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grain
dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e
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In machine made paper and board, the direction in which the fibres predominantly lie Grain direction needs careful consideration in bookbinding and paper conservation treatments
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grain
799 milligrams 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64
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grain
the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain" foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses a small hard particle; "a grain of sand" dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e
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grain
foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses a small hard particle; "a grain of sand"
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grain
the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"
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grain
One the branches of a valley or of a river
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grain
A tine, prong, or fork
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grain
An iron fish spear or harpoon, having four or more barbed points
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grain
A blade of a sword, knife, etc
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grain
A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core
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grain
The angle at which the grass of a green grows Putting "against the grain" requires more effort than "with the grain "
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grain
799 milligrams used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
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grain
The side of the leather that had the hair, i e the outside Full grain has the original surface, whereas corrected grain has been abraded to make the leather smoother and more uniform It is regarded for its soft, grainy texture and appearance
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grain
Refers to paper fibre direction Folding occurs easily along the grain but must be forced if at right angles to the grain
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(1) One of the earliest units of weight in which one grain was the equivalent of a grain of wheat taken from the middle of the ear (2) Spherical particles of silver grain widely sold in the jewelry trade for alloying, made by pouring molten silver into water
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grain
In paper, grain is the direction in which most wood pulp fibers lie within the sheet as the paper is made Folding paper against the grain breaks more wood fibers than folding with the grain, resulting in an uneven, less precise fold
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grain
In an enlarged image, a speckled or mottled effect caused by oversized clumps of silver in the negative It is the granular texture appearing to some degree in all processed photographic materials In black and white photographs the grains are minute particles of black metallic silver that constitute the dark areas of a photograph In color photographs the silver is removed chemically, but tiny blotches of dye retain the appearance of grain The more sensitive - or faster - the film, the coarser the grain
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Direction of growth of blades of grass Particularly noticeable on putting greens, the grain will have an influence on the direction and speed of the ball as it rolls
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(1) The texture of wood, produced by the kinds of xylem cells present (2) The fruit of a member of the grasses
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‑ The directions in which the threads composing the fabric run
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Direction of fibers in a sheet of paper Long grain describes fibers running parallel to the longest side of a sheet short grain running parallel to the short side
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grain
The direction in which the fibers in a sheet of paper have been made on a paper machine
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The pattern, size and direction of the fibers in wood or veneer (See image of rough grain at left )
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grain
The direction, size, arrangement or appearance of the fibers in wood or veneer
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In a photograph On monochrome film it is the structure, clumps of silver atoms, present after exposure and development In the print it is the negative of this - the printed gaps between the clumps
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