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Graining

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.
  3. 3
    a texture like that of wood wordnet
  4. 4
    Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins. countable, uncountable

    "mark the edges of the rest with a graining"

  5. 5
    A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of grain form-of, gerund, participle, present

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