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Definition of Grains
1. n. pl. See 5th Grain,
Definition of Grains
1. Noun. (plural of grain) ¹
2. Noun. An iron fish spear with a number of points half-barbed inwardly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grains
1. grain [v] - See also: grain
Medical Definition of Grains
1. Parakeratotic nuclei within the horny layer of the epidermis, found in keratosis follicularis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grains
Literary usage of Grains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"shown, the number of ears (Plate * I) is limited to six and the ears with sweet
grains from the check plot are omitted in this instance. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1845)
"13th, took 16 grains morning, noon and evening. Slept 7i hours. ... 16/Л, morning ;
took 30 grains ; effects not so great as yesterday morning. ..."
3. Domestic Medicine: Or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by by William Buchan (1798)
"i ounce 3 grains — 5 grains i! drachm i drachm 1 drachm i drachm — 20 drops — 60
drops • of Tolu — Bark, Peruvian, powder — Bears foot, powder — Benzoin, ..."
4. Philosophical Magazine (1805)
"The result of this was a well shaped button of iron which weighed 58 crains;
equal to 29 per cent. Exp. II. The same oxide - - 200 grains. ..."
5. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"The large grains are generally from 20 to 30 ft, not above 35 p in diameter.
Barley. li. The grains have all indistinctly crystalline surfaces, sharp edged, ..."
6. Journal by Australian Ex Libris Society (1902)
"27, in Chester Museum, marked I, weighing 6722^ grains. If really a unit (as it
is marked), this is a specimen of the Old English merchants' pound of 6750 ..."
7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"and 15 hours, these grains, together with twenty similar but unexposed ones, ...
The control grains germinated two days sooner than those exposed, ..."
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