graining

Meanings

1. present participle and gerund of grain

1. The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.
2. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
3. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
4. The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.

1. A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.