Pigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer.

plural of grain

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grain

(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley. / (uncountable); Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.

To feed grain to. / (transitive) To make granular; to form into grains. / (intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. / One of the branches of a valley or river. / An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.

simple past tense and past participle of grain

Having a grain or grains. / Stained with an imitation wood grain. / (in combination) Having a specified type of grain.

present participle of grain

The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface. / Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins. / A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.