ENGRAIN

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain. Leaves engrained in lusty green. Spenser.

2.
v.

To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain. The stain hath become engrained by time. Sir W. Scott.

3.
v.

To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.

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