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Grains

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  • noun plural. See 5th grain, n., 2 (b).
  • noun plural. Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1.
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  • noun. Plural form of grain.
  • noun. pigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer.
  • Word Usage
    "The distribution of the grains is at first uniform, but it is found that the grains accumulate progressively in the lower layers until a limiting distribution is reached with reversible settling or expansion depending on whether the temperature is lowered or raised."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Danes  Janes  Keynes  Mainz  Manes  
    variant
    grain  grainer  
    verb-stem
    grain