graining

graining is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
  2. 2.Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, atone, etc.
  3. 3.(Soap Making) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
  4. 4.A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); - called also dobule, and dace.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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