What does "grained" mean?
Grained: Dyed in grain; ingrained. Persons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous honesty, are but pale in goodness. Sir T. Browne.
Additional senses
- 2.Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
- 3.(Bot.) Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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