silver grainn.

Forms: Also silver-grain.

Etymology: silver n. and adj. and grain n.¹ 15.

(See quot. 1882.)

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long grain1542

grain1565

felt-grain1703

silver grain1801

figure1875

fiddle-back1890

1801 Knight in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 344 There is..in every kind of wood, what workmen call its grain, consisting of two kinds, the false or bastard, and the true or silver grain.

1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) ii. 8 The wood of the elm..is distinguished by having the medullary rays, or silver grain, equal, and not crowded.

1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §99 The thin plates which they form..are known to carpenters and cabinet-makers as the silver grain.

1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 131 If a thick stem is split longitudinally, the rays have the appearance, in many close woods, of glistening bands (the ‘Silver-grain’), traversing the prosenchymatous woody tissue in a radial direction.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	silver grain
释义	silver grainn. Forms: Also silver-grain. Etymology: silver n. and adj. and grain n.¹ 15. (See quot. 1882.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > grain long grain1542 grain1565 felt-grain1703 silver grain1801 figure1875 fiddle-back1890 1801 Knight in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 344 There is..in every kind of wood, what workmen call its grain, consisting of two kinds, the false or bastard, and the true or silver grain. 1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) ii. 8 The wood of the elm..is distinguished by having the medullary rays, or silver grain, equal, and not crowded. 1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §99 The thin plates which they form..are known to carpenters and cabinet-makers as the silver grain. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 131 If a thick stem is split longitudinally, the rays have the appearance, in many close woods, of glistening bands (the ‘Silver-grain’), traversing the prosenchymatous woody tissue in a radial direction. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1801
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