quarter grain

American  

noun

1. the grain appearing in quartersawed wood.

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quarter grain British  

noun

1. the grain of quartersawn timber

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Etymology

Origin of quarter grain

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

The only anesthetic was a quarter grain of novocain, administered locally.

From Time Magazine Archive

Treatment.—Strychnine acetas injected in quarter grain doses under the skin and repeated as often as desirable.

From Project Gutenberg

If the dog can be constantly attended to, and does not resist the exhibition of pills, or will swallow them readily when concealed in a bit of meat, the following may be given every hour:— Extract of belladonna A quarter grain to one grain.

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James's powder A quarter grain to one grain.

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He had only seen her once, and then he had had a broken leg and a quarter grain of morphia and a burned moustache and no eyebrows left to speak of.

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