quarter grain
noun
The grain shown in a piece of quarter-sawn timber where the growth rings appear as parallel lines and the medullary rays are visible on the face.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Richard Neve (fl. 1703–1726).
- house physician
- house pile
- window tax
- window treatment
- window washer
- wind pack
- windpipe
- wind-pollinated
- wind pollination
- wind power
- windproof
- Wind River Range
- wind rock
- wind rose
- windrow
- Windrush
- windsail
- Windscale
- wind scorpion
- windscreen
- windscreen wiper
- wind shear
- windshield
- windshield wiper
- windslab