quarter grain

noun

the grain appearing in quartersawed wood.

Origin of quarter grain

First recorded in 1695–1705

Words Nearby quarter grain

quarter dollar
quarter eagle
quartered
quarterfinal
quarterfinalist
quarter grain
quarter hollow
quarter-hoop
quarter horse
quarter-hour
quartering

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How to use quarter grain in a sentence

For the pains I prescribed some quarter-grain tablets of sulphate of morphia, and went away.
The Purple Cloud | M.P. Shiel
Repeated doses of strychnine acetas hypodermically given, but in quarter grain doses.
On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote | A. Mueller

British Dictionary definitions for quarter grain

quarter grain

noun

the grain of quartersawn timber

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