graining
NounSynonyms:
woodgraining
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a texture like that of woodSynonyms: woodgrainingType of grain
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Grain′ing noun
1. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins. John 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, stone, etc.
4. Soap Making The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
Grain′ing noun
Zoology A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); — called also dobule, and dace.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54