Definition of "grain"
- noun
The harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
A single seed of grain.
The crops from which grain is harvested.
A linear texture of a material or surface.
A single particle of a substance.
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 (0.002285714 avoirdupois ounce). 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 former unit of gold purity, also known as carat grain, equal to 1/4 "carat" (karat).
A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
An iron fish spear with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.
- verb
To feed grain to.
To make granular; to form into grains.
To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
To soften leather.
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