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- English Word Grafter Definition One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.
- English Word Grafter Definition An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
- English Word Grafter Definition The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
- English Word Grafting Definition of Graft
- English Word Grafting Definition The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
- English Word Grafting Definition The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.
- English Word Grafting Definition A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
- English Word Graham bread Definition Bread made of unbolted wheat flour.
- English Word Grahamite Definition One who follows the dietetic system of Graham.
- English Word Grail Definition A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
- English Word Grail Definition A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail.
- English Word Grail Definition Small particles of earth; gravel.
- English Word Grail Definition One of the small feathers of a hawk.
- English Word Graille Definition A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers.
- English Word Grain Definition See Groan.
- English Word Grain Definition A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
- English Word Grain Definition The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively.
- English Word Grain Definition Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
- English Word Grain Definition The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.
- English Word Grain Definition A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
- English Word Grain Definition The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
- English Word Grain Definition The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
- English Word Grain Definition The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.
- English Word Grain Definition The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
- English Word Grain Definition The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
- English Word Grain Definition A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
- English Word Grain Definition Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
- English Word Grain Definition A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.
- English Word Grain Definition To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
- English Word Grain Definition To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.