Vocabulary : Grafting to Graining

Grafting : of Graft ;; The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc. ;; The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty. ;; A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
Graham bread : Bread made of unbolted wheat flour.
Grahamite : One who follows the dietetic system of Graham.
Grail : A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. ;; A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail. ;; Small particles of earth; gravel. ;; One of the small feathers of a hawk.
Graille : A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers.

Grain : See Groan. ;; A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food. ;; The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively. ;; Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc. ;; The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram. ;; A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple. ;; The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparativ
Grained : of Grain ;; Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough. ;; Dyed in grain; ingrained. ;; Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc. ;; Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers.
Grainer : An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate. ;; A knife for taking the hair off skins. ;; One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.
Grainfield : A field where grain is grown.
Graining : Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins. ;; 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, atone, etc. ;; The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt. ;; A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); - called also dobule, and dace.