Crossword clues for graining
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Graining \Grain"ing\, n.
Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
--Locke.A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, stone, etc.
(Soap Making) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
Grain \Grain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grained (gr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Graining.]
To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface. 2 Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins. 3 A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised. 4 (context soap manufacture English) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt. 5 A small European freshwater fish (''Leuciscus vulgaris''); the dobule or dace. vb. (present participle of grain English)
WordNet
n. a texture like that of wood [syn: woodgraining]
Wikipedia
Graining is the practice of imitating wood grain on a non-wood surface in order to increase that surface's aesthetic appeal. Graining was common in the 19th century, as people were keen on imitating hard, expensive woods by applying a superficial layer of paint onto soft, inexpensive woods. Graining can be accomplished using either rudimentary tools or highly specialized graining tools. A specialized thick brush used for graining is often called a mottler. It is carried out in layers, with the first layer being a base, and then a second layer applied later, today usually by means of a sponge. During the 19th century, however, brushes were more commonly used. Graining can also be applied on bricks and brass, as is more common today.
Graining can also mean the production of any artificial texture on any surface. For example, in printing, by making the smooth metal sheets used in modern printing processes coarse. A stone working equivalent of graining is marbling.
Usage examples of "graining".
Varieties of light glanced off the surface borders of air and water, water and glass, glass and oil, the whole room a medium of nonuniform density, these propagating waves graining her body, soon to be rubbed and soaped and misted, transformed in displaceable mass, passing through itself, beauty bare, an unfalsifiable and self-blinding essence, not subject to the judgments of mirrors, what Euclid might have danced to in the summer dusk.
This was the picture he loved, one which meant home and security for him: the father working with tempered iron chisels to round a fluted column, the youngest son beveling a set of steps, one of the older two carving a delicate window frame, the other graining a door panel, the grandfather polishing a column on a pumice wheelstone with thin river sand.