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rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively. Storehouses crammed with grain. Shak.

Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough.

y tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

A field where grain is grown.

A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.

See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b).

Resembling grains; granular.

Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.

Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon.

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

, the grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timber. Knight.

Filigree. [Archaic] With her head . . . touches the crown of filigrane. Longfellow.

Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.

Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.]

Small hard yellowish aggregations found in the Caucasus region, and containing various yeasts and bacteria. They are used as a ferment in preparing kefir.

Same as Megrim. -- Mi*grain"ous, a.

Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.

Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.

One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.

rmica barbata) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice.