grainer
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a word derived from
grain.
grainnouna small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
Example Sentences
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Well, I'm a real painter: grainer, finisher, thirty-eight bob a week when I can get it.
From Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw
Crystals form much better if the water is perfectly smooth, and to bring this about a very little oil is poured into the grainer.
From Diggers in the Earth by Eva March Tappan
When they become larger, they drop to the bottom of the grainer.
From Diggers in the Earth by Eva March Tappan
Later on he learned to be a painter and grainer, then a printer, a reporter, and finally an editorial writer.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by William Cowper Brann
Painter and grainer it were vain To say he was, before; And if he were, yet ne'er again He'll darken here a door.
From Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce