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the direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain" paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn a small hard particle; "a grain of sand" foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses become granular form into grains thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt" |
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