graining

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of grain
2. noun The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.
3. noun Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
4. noun A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
5. noun The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
6. noun A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.

Similar words

woodgraining woodgrain end grain felt grain fluting grafting bambooing grainline groovework whiskering

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