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Grain

noun

1.

A relatively small granular particle of a substance. "A grain of sugar"

2.

Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. Synonyms: cereal, food grain.

3.

The side of leather from which the hair has been removed.

4.

A weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat. Synonym: metric grain.

5.

1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams.

6.

1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams.

7.

Dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn. Synonym: caryopsis.

8.

A cereal grass.

9.

The smallest possible unit of anything. "He does not have a grain of sense"

10.

The direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric.

11.

The physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance). Synonym: texture. "Sand of a fine grain" , "Fish with a delicate flavor and texture" , "A stone of coarse grain"

verb

1.

Thoroughly work in. Synonym: ingrain.

2.

Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood.

3.

Form into grains. Synonym: granulate.

4.

Become granular. Synonym: granulate.

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"Grain" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Egyptian sistra, of the sambuke, or of Grecian flutes. Here and there the sick, the pious, or the afflicted were bearing offerings to the temples. In the midst of the people, on the stone flags, gathered flocks of doves, eager for the grain given them, and like movable many-colored and dark spots, now rising for a moment with a loud sound of wings, now dropping down again to places left vacant by people. From time to time the crowds opened ...

— Quo Vadis - A Narrative of the Time of Nero • Henryk Sienkiewicz

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— Captain Pott's Minister • Francis L. Cooper

... Ulysses, in order to escape the Trojan war, feigned insanity. He yoked a bull and a horse together, plowed the seashore, and sowed salt instead of grain. Palamedes detected this deception by placing the infant son of the King of Ithaca in the line of the furrow and observing the pretended lunatic turn the plow aside, an act of discretion which was considered sufficient proof that his madness was not ...

— Studies in Forensic Psychiatry • Bernard Glueck

... he had temporarily dropped his trade and gone into the flour-and-grain business; and, for another, he had married my mother. She was the daughter of a Scotch couple who had come to England and settled in Alnwick, in Northumberland County. Her father, James Stott, was the driver ...

— The Story of a Pioneer - With The Collaboration Of Elizabeth Jordan • Anna Howard Shaw

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— The Story of the Amulet • E. Nesbit

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