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grain | 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams | ||
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grain, metric grain | a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat | ||
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grain | the side of leather from which the hair has been removed | ||
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grain | paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | ||
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texture, grain | the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | ||
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grain | the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric | ||
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granulate, grain | form into grains | ||
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grain | a cereal grass | ||
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grain | 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams | ||
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grain, cereal, food grain | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses | ||
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grain, caryopsis | dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | ||
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granulate, grain | become granular | ||
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grain | a relatively small granular particle of a substance | ||
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grain | the smallest possible unit of anything | ||
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grain, ingrain | thoroughly work in |