What is the meaning of the word "grain"?

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  1. 1/60 dram copy to clipboard noun
    • equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams copy to clipboard
  2. 1/7000 pound copy to clipboard noun
    • equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams copy to clipboard
  3. a cereal grass copy to clipboard noun
    • wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas copy to clipboard
  4. a relatively small granular particle of a substance copy to clipboard noun
    • a grain of sand copy to clipboard
  5. the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric copy to clipboard noun
    • saw the board across the grain copy to clipboard
  6. the smallest possible unit of anything copy to clipboard noun
    • There was a grain of truth in what I said. copy to clipboard
  7. thoroughly work in copy to clipboard verb
    • Their hands were grained with dirt. copy to clipboard

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