"Grain" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

In Troy weight, the twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight Any kind of corn sown in the ground

See Groan.

A tine, prong, or fork.

One the branches of a valley or of a river.

The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that
side.

A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the
common dock. See Grained, a., 4.

To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.

A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.

A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence,
a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes
used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.

To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the
grain of (leather, etc.).

The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of
man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used
collectively.

A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.

The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in
wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.

To yield fruit.

The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation;
hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement
of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness
or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine
grain.

A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.

The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called
because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle
of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois,
and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See
Gram.

The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any
fibrous material.

To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result
of crystallization; to granulate.

An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed
points.

A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.

Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.;
hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of
pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.

Temper; natural disposition; inclination.

A blade of a sword, knife, etc.