graining
graining is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised called?
- What is painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, atone, etc called?
- What is the process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt called?
- What is a small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); - called also dobule, and dace called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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