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grainers

grainers is the plural of grainer.

Meaning of grainer

Noun

grainer (plural grainers)

  1. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
  2. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
  3. One who grains (paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc).
  4. A brush or tool used for such painting.
  5. (US, rail transportation) A grain car.

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Questions about grainers

What is grainers the plural of?
Grainers is the plural of grainer.

Words near grainers in the dictionary

  1. graine
  2. grained
  3. grained up
  4. grainer
  5. graineries
  6. grainers
  7. grainery
  8. graines
  9. grainfall
  10. grainfalls
  11. grainfield

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