What does "graining" mean?
Graining: A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
Additional senses
- 2.Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, atone, etc.
- 3.(Soap Making) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
- 4.A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); - called also dobule, and dace.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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