graining

1. (countable, uncountable)The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.

   maserieren

2. (countable, uncountable)Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.

3. (countable, uncountable)A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.

4. (countable, uncountable)The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.

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

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