grainer: meaning and definitions

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What is grainer?

What is grainer?

  • 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 paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.

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