1. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
3. To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).
GRAIN
Grain, v. i. Etym: [F. grainer, grener. See Grain, n.]
1. To yield fruit. [Obs.] Gower.
2. To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
GRAIN
Grain, n. Etym: [See Groin a part of the body.]
1. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. [Obs.] G. Douglas.
2. A tine, prong, or fork. Specifically: (a) One the branches of a valley or of a river. (b) pl.
Defn: An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.