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ˈclose-grained, a.
[see grain.]
Having the fibres, crystals, or other structural elements fine and closely arranged; of close texture.
1754Dodsley Public Virtue, Agric. ii. 258 The close-grained box. 1776G. Semple Building in Water 80 Clean, close-grained Lime-stone. 1854Hooker Himal. Jrnls. I. i. 9 Closer-grained and more woody trees. 1858J. Brown Horæ Subs. (1863) 19 His firm and close-grained mind. |