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Meaning of GRAINED

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Grained\, a.
1. Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains;
   showing the grain; hence, rough.
2. Dyed in grain; ingrained.
         Persons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous
         honesty, are but pale in goodness.    --Sir T.
                                               Browne.
3. Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood,
   marble, etc.
4. (Bot.) Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the
   petals or sepals of some flowers.
 
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