Ingrain

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Dyed with grain, or kermes.

II. Ingrain ·noun An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.

III. Ingrain ·vt To dye with or in grain or kermes.

IV. Ingrain ·vt To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.

V. Ingrain ·adj Dyed before manufacture, — said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.

VI. Ingrain ·vt To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to Stain; to Saturate; to Imbue; to infix deeply.