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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'grains' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions grains noun  Plural of grain. An iron fish spear with a number of points half-barbed inwardly. 1770: Served 5 lb of fish per man which was caught by striking with grains — journal of Stephen Forwood (gunner on w:HM Bark Endeavour, H.M. Bark Endeavour), 4 May 1770, quoted by Parkin (page 195). Etymology: Spear sense from Old Norse grein meaning division. (Reference: w:Ray Parkin, Ray Parkin, H. M. Bark Endeavour, w:Miegunyah Press, Miegunyah Press, second edition 2003, ISBN 0-522-85093-6, page 196.)        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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