quarter grain

noun

1. the grain appearing in quartersawed wood.

quarter grain

noun

1. the grain of quartersawn timber

Word History and Origins

Origin of quarter grain¹

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

For the pains I prescribed some quarter-grain tablets of sulphate of morphia, and went away.

From Project Gutenberg

Repeated doses of strychnine acetas hypodermically given, but in quarter grain doses.

From Project Gutenberg