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  2  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]: 
 
  Grained  \Grained\,  a. 
  1.  Having  a  grain;  divided  into  small  particles  or  grains; 
  showing  the  grain;  hence  rough. 
 
  2.  Dyed  in  grain;  ingrained. 
 
  Persons  lightly  dipped,  not  grained,  in  generous 
  honesty,  are  but  pale  in  goodness.  --Sir  T. 
  Browne. 
 
  3.  Painted  or  stained  in  imitation  of  the  grain  of  wood, 
  marble,  etc 
 
  4.  (Bot.)  Having  tubercles  or  grainlike  processes,  as  the 
  petals  or  sepals  of  some  flowers. 




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