grainen.

/ɡreɪn/

Forms: Also grain.

Etymology: French.

The eggs (†or an egg) of the silkworm; cf. seed n. 6a.

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1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. ii. vi. 230 The eggs or grains of the silk-worm are covered with a liquid, which glues them to the piece of cloth or paper on which the female is made to lay them.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 58/2 The eggs of the silkworm, called graine, are hatched out by artificial heat.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 59/2 The sources of healthy graine became fewer and fewer.

1887 Colonial & Indian Exhib., London 1886: Rep. Colonial Sections 337.

1930 R. Cuthill tr. J. Schober Silk & Silk Industry i. 14 Silkworm eggs (graine) are bluish violet granules.

1930 R. Cuthill tr. J. Schober Silk & Silk Industry i. 31 Persia itself does not produce good graine.

1941 C. J. Huber in Matthews' Textile Fibers (ed. 5) xvii. 680 The production of industrial eggs by cocoon raisers consisted of..43 per cent grain method where the eggs are distributed in 10-, 20-, and 30-grain unit receptacles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	graine
释义	grainen. /ɡreɪn/ Forms: Also grain. Etymology: French. The eggs (†or an egg) of the silkworm; cf. seed n. 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Bombycidae > genus Bombyx > silk moth > eggs seed?1587 graine1835 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. ii. vi. 230 The eggs or grains of the silk-worm are covered with a liquid, which glues them to the piece of cloth or paper on which the female is made to lay them. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 58/2 The eggs of the silkworm, called graine, are hatched out by artificial heat. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 59/2 The sources of healthy graine became fewer and fewer. 1887 Colonial & Indian Exhib., London 1886: Rep. Colonial Sections 337. 1930 R. Cuthill tr. J. Schober Silk & Silk Industry i. 14 Silkworm eggs (graine) are bluish violet granules. 1930 R. Cuthill tr. J. Schober Silk & Silk Industry i. 31 Persia itself does not produce good graine. 1941 C. J. Huber in Matthews' Textile Fibers (ed. 5) xvii. 680 The production of industrial eggs by cocoon raisers consisted of..43 per cent grain method where the eggs are distributed in 10-, 20-, and 30-grain unit receptacles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1835
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