close-grained
[klohs-greynd]
- (of wood) fine in texture or having inconspicuous annual rings.
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Origin of close-grained
First recorded in 1745–55
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Contemporary Examples
Edith Wharton, of course, writes in such a startlingly sharp and close-grained way about how people live.
Historical Examples
Flesh white, zoned or marked with yellow, close-grained and sugary.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of AmericaFearing Burr
The wood of nearly all the species of Diospyros is hard and close-grained.
Wood is light brown and light weight but hard, strong, and close-grained.
Carpentry and WoodworkEdwin W. Foster
Wood not as hard as rock maple, but strong, close-grained and brittle.
Carpentry and WoodworkEdwin W. Foster
The fracture, close-grained, is that of steel or bell metal.
close-grained
- (of wood) dense or compact in texture
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