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  • 111the rest is gravy — the rest is free, the rest of the money is profit    When we get the grain check, we pay our bills, and the rest is gravy! …

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  • 112Against the grain — Поперёк направления отлива бумаги; поперёк волокна; Поперёк направления отлива бумаги; Поперёк волокна …

    Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • 113With the grain — Вдоль волокна (по волокну) …

    Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • 114with the grain — directional character of paper …

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  • 115against the grain —  Contrary to what one would wish, prefer, expect, etc …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 116Grain elevator — Saskatchewan Wheat Pool No. 7, Thunder Bay, Ontario. A grain elevator is a tower containing a bucket elevator, which scoops up, elevates, and then uses gravity to deposit grain in a silo or other storage facility. In most …

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  • 117grain — grainer, n. grainless, adj. /grayn/, n. 1. a small, hard seed, esp. the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet. 2. the gathered seed of food plants, esp. of cereal plants. 3. such plants collectively. 4. any small,… …

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  • 118Grain boundary — A grain boundary is the interface between two grains in a polycrystalline material. Grain boundaries disrupt the motion of dislocations through a material, so reducing crystallite size is a common way to improve strength, as described by the Hall …

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  • 119Grain (mass) — In many cultures, a grain is a unit of measurement of mass that is based upon the mass of a single seed of a typical cereal. Historically, in Europe, the average masses of wheat and barley grain were used to define units of mass. Since 1958, the… …

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  • 120grain — /greɪn / (say grayn) noun 1. a small hard seed, especially a seed of one of the cereal plants: wheat, rye, oats, barley, maize, or millet. 2. the gathered seeds of cereal plants in the mass. 3. the plants themselves, whether standing or gathered …