Part 5846

<hw>In*gra"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>gracious</ets>.]</ety> <def>Ungracious; unkind.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

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<hw>In*graff"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Ingraft</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>In*graft"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ingrafted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ingrafting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Written also <ets>engraft</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; <as>as, to <ex>ingraft</ex> a peach scion on a plum tree</as>; figuratively, to insert or introduce in such a way as to make a part of something.</def>

<blockquote>This fellow would <b>ingraft</b> a foreign name Upon our stock. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A custom . . . <b>ingrafted</b> into the monarchy of Rome. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; <as>as, to <ex>ingraft</ex> a tree</as>.</def>

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<hw>In*graft"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person who ingrafts.</def>

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<hw>In*graft"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of ingrafting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The thing ingrafted; a scion.</def>

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<hw>In"grain`</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>grain</ets> kermes. See <er>Engrain</er>, <er>Grain</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Dyed with grain, or kermes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.</def>

<cs><col>Ingrain carpet</col>, <cd>a double or two-ply carpet.</cd> -- <col>Triple ingrain carpet</col>, <cd>a three-ply carpet.</cd></cs>

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<hw>In"grain`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.</def>

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<hw>In"grain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ingrained</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ingraining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Written also <ets>engrain</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To dye with or in grain or kermes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.</def>

<blockquote>Our fields <b>ingrained</b> with blood. <i>Daniel.</i></blockquote>