'Graining' definitions:
Definition of 'graining'
(from WordNet)
noun
A texture like that of wood [syn: graining, woodgraining]
Definition of 'Graining'
From: GCIDE
- Graining \Grain"ing\, n.
- 1. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, stone, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Soap Making) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Graining'
From: GCIDE
- Graining \Grain"ing\, n. (Zool.) A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dobule, and dace. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Graining'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Words containing 'Graining'
- Against the grain,
- Grain,
- Grained,
- Grains,
- In grain,
- A grain of allowance,
- Felt grain,
- Grain Valley,
- Grain binder,
- Grain colors,
- Grain leather,
- Grain moth,
- Grain side,
- Grain tin,
- Grain weevil,
- Grain worm,
- Grains of paradise,
- Guinea grains,
- Kefir grains,
- Pollen grain,
- Seed grain,
- Silver grain,
- To dye in grain,
- To dye in the grain,
- To go against the grain of,
- cross grained,
- feed grain,
- fine grained,
- food grain,
- grain alcohol,
- grain field,
- grain merchant,
- grain sorghum,
- horse grain,
- metric grain,
- wood grain,
- Coarse-grained,
- Grain Valley, MO,
- Rough-grained,
- angoumois grain moth,
- close-grained,
- cross-grained,
- curly-grained,
- fine-grained,
- large-grained,
- pebble-grained,
- small-grained,
- straight-grained,
- take with a grain of salt,
- wavy-grained,
- rice-grain fritillary,
- two-grain spelt