Graining Definition

verb

Present participle of grain.

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noun

The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.

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Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
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A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
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(soap manufacture) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.

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A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); the dobule or dace.

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Synonyms:
  • woodgraining

Other Word Forms of Graining

Noun

Singular:
graining
Plural:
grainings

Graining Sentence Examples

  • Perhaps the choicest variety is gold graining in a shakudo field.

  • Then without further addition of alkali the boiling is continued for a few minutes, when the soap is ready for salting out or " graining."

  • This is done several times, the number depending on the quality of graining that the expert desires to produce.

  • Like the graining or " milling " on the edge of many coins, the inscriptions were intended to put a stop to the practice of clipping and filing coins, which was prevalent in the 16th and 17th centuries.

  • The imitating in paint of the grain of different kinds of woods is known as "graining" (see PAINTER-WORK).

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