graining

graining is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins. Locke.

[2] A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.

[3] Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, atone, etc.

[4] The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.

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