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Pronunciation : Grain"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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)

Defn: The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Grain"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); - called also dobule, and dace.

(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913