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Close-grained   /kloʊs-greɪnd/   Listen
Close-grained

adjective
1.
Dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.  Synonym: fine-grained.  "Fine-grained rock"






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"Close-grained" Quotes from Famous Books



... industrious. The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties, and excite the invention, prudence, skill, and fortitude of the voyager. A man upon whom continuous sunshine falls is like the earth in August: he becomes parched and dry and hard and close-grained. Men have drawn from adversity the elements ...
— Pushing to the Front • Orison Swett Marden

... Broad surfaces of close-grained hardwood having a shiny surface are usually carefully roughened with a fine toothing plane ...
— Woodwork Joints - How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. • William Fairham

... requirements, and they were within a quarter of a mile of the cove. I began my investigation by hacking off a good stout branch, stripping off its bark, and testing its working qualities. I found that the wood gave off the characteristic odour of cedar; that it was close-grained; that it was easily workable; and that it was, in short, everything I could possibly desire. I therefore started work in earnest by felling the tree that I had already attacked and trimming off its branches. This brought my ...
— The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn • Harry Collingwood



Words linked to "Close-grained" :   fine-grained, fine



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