grains

[ greynz ]
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noun(often used with a singular verb)
  1. an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.

Origin of grains

1
1895–1900; earlier grainse<Old Norse grein branch, division; compare Swedish gren

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