grained
US[greynd]/ɡreɪnd/1 syllable
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Grained (grānd), adjective
1. Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough.
2. Dyed in grain; ingrained.
Persons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous honesty, are but pale in goodness.— Sir Thomas Browne
3. Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
4. Botany Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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