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