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close-grained

[ klohs-greynd ]

adjective

  1. (of wood) fine in texture or having inconspicuous annual rings.


close-grained

/ ËŒ°ì±ôəʊ²õˈɡ°ù±ðɪ²Ô»å /

adjective

  1. (of wood) dense or compact in texture
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of close-grained1

First recorded in 1745–55
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And while The Interestings is told from multiple points of view, Belzhar hews close to its narrator, letting her tell her story in a particularly close-grained way.

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Wood firm, close-grained and very unwedgeable, on account of the oblique direction and crossing of its fibres.

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Turkey oilstone is a close-grained bluish stone 653 containing from 70 to 75% of silica in a state of very fine division, intimately blended with about 20 to 25% of calcite.

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Soon all conglomerated into a gummy, brown, close-grained, not over alluring substance to the vision, which was known among the children by the unromantic name of "Rose tobacco."

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The wood is very hard, close-grained, and tough, and is used as a substitute for boxwood in the making of bobbins and shuttles for weaving, and also in cabinet-work.

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