graining

English

Etymology 1

Verb

graining

1. present participle of grain

Noun

graining (countable and uncountable, plural grainings)

1. The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.
2. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.

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3. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
4. (soap manufacture) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.

Translations

practice of imitating woodgrain

• Estonian: aaderdamine (et), aaderdus (et)
• Finnish: ootraus (fi)
• German: maserieren
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• Japanese: シボ (shibo), シボ処理 (shibo shori)
• Polish: słojowanie n

Etymology 2

Noun

graining (plural grainings)

1. A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.

Anagrams

• inraging