quarter grain
noun
the grain appearing in quartersawed wood.
Origin of quarter grain
First recorded in 1695–1705
Words nearby quarter grain
quarter blanket,
quarter crack,
quarter day,
quarter dollar,
quarter eagle,
quarter grain,
quarter hollow,
quarter horse,
quarter nelson,
quarter note,
quarter plate
Example sentences from the Web for quarter grain
For the pains I prescribed some quarter-grain tablets of sulphate of morphia, and went away.
The Purple Cloud |M.P. Shiel
British Dictionary definitions for quarter grain
quarter grain
noun
the grain of quartersawn timber