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

<blockquote>Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine and divert his <b>grain</b> Tortive and errant from his course of growth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>The <i>hair</i> side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<p><b>10.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called <altname>draff.</altname></def>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See <er>Grained</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, 4.</def>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>Temper; natural disposition; inclination.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Brothers . . . not united in <b>grain.</b> <i>Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>13.</b> <def>A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He cheweth <b>grain</b> and licorice, To smellen sweet. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Against the grain</col>, <cd>against or across the direction of the fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes; unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.</cd> <i>Swift.</i><i>Saintsbury.</i>-- <col>A grain of allowance</col>, <cd>a slight indulgence or latitude a small allowance.</cd> -- <col>Grain binder</col>, <cd>an attachment to a harvester for binding the grain into sheaves.</cd> -- <col>Grain colors</col>, <cd>dyes made from the coccus or kermes in sect.</cd> -- <col>Grain leather</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Dressed horse hides.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side for women's shoes, etc.</cd> -- <col>Grain moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of several small moths, of the family <spn>Tineid\'91</spn> (as <spn>Tinea granella</spn> and <spn>Butalis cereAlella</spn>), whose larv\'91 devour grain in storehouses.</cd> -- <col>Grain side</col> <fld>(Leather)</fld>, <cd>the side of a skin or hide from which the hair has been removed; -- opposed to <contr>flesh side.</contr></cd> -- <col>Grains of paradise</col>, <cd>the seeds of a species of amomum.</cd> -- <col>grain tin</col>, <cd>crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with charcoal.</cd> -- <col>Grain weevil</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small red weevil (Sitophilus granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain, by eating out the interior.</cd> -- <col>Grain worm</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the larva of the grain moth. See <cref>grain moth</cref>, above.</cd> -- <col>In grain</col>, <cd>of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate; genuine.</cd> "Anguish in grain." <i>Herbert.</i>-- <col>To dye in grain</col>, <cd>to dye of a fast color by means of the coccus or kermes grain [see <er>Grain</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 5]; hence, to dye firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material. See under <er>Dye.</er></cd>

<blockquote>The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce crimson dyed in <b>grain.</b> <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>To go against the grain of</col> (a person), <cd>to be repugnant to; to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.</cd>

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<hw>Grain</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Grained</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Graining.</er>]

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).</def>

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<hw>Grain</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>grainer</ets>, <ets>grener.</ets> See <er>Grain</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To yield fruit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.</def>

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<hw>Grain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Groin</er> a part of the body.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>