1) A particle; a bit. Ex. 'I don't care a grain;' 'Push the candle a grain further from you.'
2) The universal name in the United States for what is called corn in England; that is, wheat, rye, oats, barley, &c.
·noun To yield fruit. II. Grain ·noun A tine, prong, or fork. III. Grain ·noun A blade of a sword,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Used, in Amos 9:9, of a small stone or kernel; in Matt. 13:31, of an individual seed of mustard; in ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
to choke. S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
In the grain of, is immediately preceding another ship in the same direction. ♦ Bad-grain, a sea-l...
The Sailor's Word-Book
a quarter -staff, with a short pair of tines at the end, called grains. S. ...
When a mast suffers by buckles, it is said to have its grain upset. A species of wrinkle on the soft...
A name for maize. ...
Unwilling. It went much against the grain with him, i.e. it was much against his inclination, or aga...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A knave of the first rate: a phrase borrowed from the dyehouse, where certain colours are said to be...
In a transverse section of a tree, two different grains are seen: those running in a circular manner...
That which is cut athwart the grain when the grain of the wood does not partake of the shape require...