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Graining   Listen
verb
Grain  v. t.  (past & past part. grained; pres. part. 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.).



Grain  v. i.  
1.
To yield fruit. (Obs.)
2.
To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.



noun
Graining  n.  
1.
Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
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, stone, etc.
4.
(Soap Making) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.



Graining  n.  (Zool.) A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); called also dobule, and dace.






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"Graining" Quotes from Famous Books



... and an unlighted lantern which hung from the ceiling. Besides, to the partition were attached some boards on brackets and some hooks, from which hung a variety of things. On the boards and nails were rows of glasses, coppers, an alembic, a vessel rather like those used for graining wax, which are called granulators, and a confusion of strange objects of which the child understood nothing, and which were utensils for cooking and chemistry. The caravan was oblong in shape, the stove being in front. It was not even a little room; it was scarcely a ...
— The Man Who Laughs • Victor Hugo

... directions about other inside work? I want it to be ornamental and modern in style. Shall finish mostly in hard wood,—oak, walnut, or chestnut, perhaps mahogany and maple. Please give me your opinion on that point. What do you think of graining where hard wood is not used? Shall probably carpet throughout, and hope you will not change dimensions of rooms to spoil the fit of them. What about wainscoting halls or any of the rooms? Suppose common floors will answer, and common ...
— Homes And How To Make Them • Eugene Gardner

... craftsmanship or art, and everything for cheapness and profit. From this man and by laborious study and practice in his spare time, aided by a certain measure of natural ability, the boy acquired a knowledge of decorative painting and design, and graining and signwriting. ...
— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell

... Merchants, and as a Guide to the Professional Painter. Containing a plain common-sense statement of the methods employed by painters to produce satisfactory results in Plain and Fancy Painting of every description, including Gilding, Bronzing, Staining, Graining, Marbling, Varnishing, Polishing, Kalsomining, Paper-Hanging, Striping, Lettering, Copying, and Ornamenting, with directions for mixing and applying all kinds of Paints. Makes "Every Man his ...
— How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits • Samuel R Wells

... the truth, Flossie, that was a bit of a fluke. The man told me that graining was coming in again, and I said, "Grain ...
— The Talking Horse - And Other Tales • F. Anstey

... as she came from her seat; slender, shapely, every fibre fine and exquisite, no coarse graining from the dainty head to the dainty foot; the face, clear olive, ...
— What Answer? • Anna E. Dickinson



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