grained
grained is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Dyed in grain; ingrained. Persons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous honesty, are but pale in goodness. Sir T. Browne.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is dyed in grain; ingrained. Persons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous honesty, are but pale in goodness. Sir T. Browne called?
- What is painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc called?
- What is having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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