See Also: grained(medicine)
grained(1)(dictionary)
grained(2)(dictionary)
grained(dictionary)
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grained(2) (iou)



grained adjective2. LME.
[from GRAIN noun1 + -ED2.]
Of wood, stone, leather, flesh, etc.: having a grain, or a granular structure or texture. LME.
coarse-grained, fine-grained, etc.
R. C. Hutchinson Features which testified to his actual agethe grained skin, the crevices about the eyes.
Having grains, seeds, or particles. obsolete exc. in large-grained, small-grained, etc. E17.