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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A knife for taking the hair off skins.
2. 2
   An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
3. 3
   One who grains (paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc).
4. 4
   A brush or tool used for such painting.
5. 5
   A grain car. US

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

grain car

Etymology

From grain + -er. Piecewise doublet of corner.

Related phrases

railroad car

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