About The Word Graining
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Graining
Graining Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Graining?
[n] a texture like that of wood
Synonyms | Synonyms for Graining: woodgraining Related Terms | Find terms related to Graining: See Also | grain Graining In Webster's Dictionary \Grain"ing\, n.
1. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
--Locke.
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,
atone, etc.
4. (Soap Making) The process of separating soap from spent
lye, as with salt.
\Grain"ing\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); - called also dobule, and dace. |
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