graining

graining

1. present participle and gerund of grain

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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     mark the edges of the rest with a graining

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.

• coarse-graining

graining (plural grainings)

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

• inraging