cross-grainn.
1. A grain running across the regular grain of any substance.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [noun] > grain of wood, stone, or metal > running across regular grain
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1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis 282 Between the Grain and the Vein of a Diamond, there is this difference, that the former furthers; the latter, being so insuperably hard, hinders the splitting of it. Altho..a Vein, sometimes is nothing else, but a Cross-Grain.
2. The grain (of wood, etc.) cut across.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [noun] > grain of wood, stone, or metal > cut across
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1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. XI. 404 A wood pavement must expose the cross-grain of the wood.
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