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Grainer vs Grained - What's the difference?

grainer | grained |

As a noun grainer

is a knife for taking the hair off skins.

As a verb grained is

(grain).

As an adjective grained is

having a grain or grains.

grainer

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A knife for taking the hair off skins.
  • 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.
  • One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.

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    grained

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (grain)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a grain or grains
  • Stained with an imitation wood grain
  • (in combination ) Having a specified type of grain e.g. close-grained

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