grainer
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪ̯.nə/
The English word “grainer” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- A knife for taking the hair off skins.
- 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.
- One who grains (paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc).
- A brush or tool used for such painting.
- A grain car.
Etymology
From grain + -er. Piecewise doublet of corner.
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