GRAIN, weight. The twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight. 2. For scientific purposes the grain only is used, and sets of weights are constructed in decimal progression, from 10,000 grains downward to one hundredth of a grain.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

GRAIN, corn. It signifies wheat, rye, barley, or other corn sown in the ground In Pennsylvania, a tenant for a certain term is entitled to the way- going crop. 5 inn. 289, 258; 2 Binn. 487; 2 Serg. & Rawle, 14.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

GRAIN

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Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
 

grain

granularity

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Grain \Grain\, v. & n. See Groan. [Obs.]

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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner, n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.] [1913 Webster]

1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food. [1913 Webster]

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively. [1913 Webster]

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc. [1913 Webster]

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram. [1913 Webster]

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple. [1913 Webster]

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped their silks in colors of less value, then give' them the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by Coleridge, preface to Aids to Reflection. [1913 Webster]

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain. [1913 Webster]

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc. [1913 Webster]

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant from his course of growth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material. [1913 Webster]

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff. [1913 Webster]

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]

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Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward. [1913 Webster]

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]

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He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes; unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty. --Swift. --Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect.

Grain leather.
   (a) Dressed horse hides.
   (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and Butalis cerealella), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.

Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus granarius), which destroys stored wheat and other grain, by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See grain moth, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate; genuine. "Anguish in grain." --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material. See under Dye. [1913 Webster]

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to; to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Grain \Grain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grained (gr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Graining.]

1. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc. [1913 Webster]

2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains. [1913 Webster]

3. To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.). [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Grain \Grain\, v. i. [F. grainer, grener. See Grain, n.]

1. To yield fruit. [Obs.]

--Gower. [1913 Webster]

2. To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Grain \Grain\ (gr[=a]n), n. [See Groin a part of the body.]

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1. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. [Obs.]

--G. Douglas. [1913 Webster]

2. A tine, prong, or fork. Specifically:
   (a) One the branches of a valley or of a river.
   (b) pl. An iron fish spear or harpoon, having four or more barbed points. [1913 Webster]

3. A blade of a sword, knife, etc. [1913 Webster]

4. (Founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

grain

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Grain \Grain\, v. & n. See Groan. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Grain \Grain\, n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner, n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]

1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively.

Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak.

3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved. --Milton.

4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.

All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton.

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped their silks in colors of less value, then give' them the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by Coleridge, preface to Aids to Reflection.

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant from his course of growth. --Shak.

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. --Knight.

10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]

Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward.

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]

He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet. --Chaucer.

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes; unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty. --Swift.--Saintsbury.

A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a small allowance.

Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the grain into sheaves.

Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes in sect.

Grain leather.
   (a) Dressed horse hides.
   (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side for women's shoes, etc.

Grain moth (Zo["o]l.), one of several small moths, of the family Tineid[ae] (as Tinea granella and Butalis cerealella), whose larv[ae] devour grain in storehouses.

Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side.

Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum.

grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with charcoal.

Grain weevil (Zo["o]l.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain, by eating out the interior.

Grain worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the grain moth. See grain moth, above.

In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate; genuine. ``Anguish in grain.'' --Herbert.

To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material. See under Dye.

The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser.

To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to; to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Grain \Grain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grained; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Grain \Grain\, v. i. [F. grainer, grener. See Grain, n.]

1. To yield fruit. [Obs.]

--Gower.

2. To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Grain \Grain\, n. [See Groin a part of the body.]

1. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. [Obs.]

--G. Douglas.

2. A tine, prong, or fork. Specifically:
   (a) One the branches of a valley or of a river.
   (b) pl. An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.

3. A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

4. (Founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)