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reed | grain |

As a proper noun reed

is , a spelling variant of reid.

As a noun grain is

hate, hatred, disgust.

reed

English

(wikipedia reed)

Etymology 1

(etyl) (l)'', (etyl) ''(l)''. Akin to German ''Ried''. No cognates in North Germanic languages, but a Gothic was derived The supposition] about Gothic and the quote from Noctes Atticae in : "''dixit ... amicus meus in libro se Gavi de origine vocabulorum VII legisse "retas" vocari arbores, quae aut ripis fluminum eminerent aut in alveis eorum exstarent''". It is theorised that the word may have a relation to ''ritae'' in ''[[:w:Noctes Atticae, Noctes Atticae] (Aulus Gellius).

Noun

  • (botany, countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
  • (countable, botany) The hollow stem of these plants.
  • (countable, music) Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising of a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
  • (countable, music) A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
  • (countable, weaving) A comb-like tool for beating the weft when weaving.
  • (uncountable, architecture) reeding
  • (mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
  • straw prepared for thatching a roof
    • Derived terms
    * reed bunting * reed organ * reedy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mill or mint with reeding.

    • Etymology 2

    See ree

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ree)

    • Etymology 3

    Alternative forms

    * read

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.

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    grain

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) grain, grein, from (etyl) . Compare English corn.

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
    • We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.
  • (uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, eg buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
  • (countable) A single seed of grain.
    • a grain of wheat
  • (countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
    • The fields were planted with grain .
  • (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
    • Cut along the grain of the wood.
  • (countable) A single particle of a substance.
    • a grain of sand
    a grain of salt
  • (countable) A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams (0.002285714 avoirdupois ounce). A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the mesures usuelles permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams.
  • (countable) A former unit of gold purity, also known as carat grain , equal to "carat" (karat).
  • (materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
  • 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.
  • * Milton
    • all in a robe of darkest grain
  • * Quoted by Coleridge, preface to Aids to Reflection
    • doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped their silks in colours of less value, then give them the last tincture of crimson in grain .
  • The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
    • (Knight)
  • (in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called
  • (botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
  • Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
  • * Hayward
    • brothers not united in grain
    Derived terms
    * against the grain * grain of salt
    Related terms
    * coarse-grained * fine-grained * grosgrain * granary * granular * granularity * granulate * granulation
    See also
    * cereal

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To feed grain to.
  • To make granular; to form into grains.
  • To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
  • To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
  • (tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
  • (tanning) To soften leather.
  • To yield fruit.
    • (Gower)

    Etymology 2

    See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
  • A tine, prong, or fork.
  • # One of the branches of a valley or river.
  • # An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.
  • #* 1770 : Served 5 lb of fish per man which was caught by striking with grains'' — journal of Stephen Forwood (gunner on ), 4 May 1770, quoted by Parkin (page 195).
  • # A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
  • (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.

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