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grain(2)(dictionary)
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grain(1)(dictionary)
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grain mill(encyclopedia)
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grain(2) (iou)



grain noun2. In sense 4b also grane. ME.
[Old Norse grein division, distinction, branch (Swedish, Danish gren), of unkn. origin.]
In pl. The fork of the body, the lower limbs. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
a. A fork in a river valley; a valley branching out from another. obsolete exc. Scot. & dial. ME.
b. An arm of the sea; a branch of a stream. obsolete exc. Scot. LME.
An edge, a blade. Only in ME.
Each of the prongs of a fork. obsolete exc. Scot. & dial. L15.
b. Freq. in pl. (treated as sing.). A fish-spear or harpoon with more than one prong. L18.
A tree branch or bough; the fork between two boughs. obsolete exc. Scot. & dial. E16.