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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The eggs of the silkworm.
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Examples
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Item eighteene pence for euery cloth wherein any kind of graine is mingled.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Item eighteene pence for euery cloth wherein any kind of graine is mingled.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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'taken order that ingrossers of corne shall be carefullie seen unto and that there is no Badger (corn-dealer) licensed to carry corne out of this countrye nor any starch made of any kind of graine'.
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Last time I wuz in dis position, I was habbin a meow-graine…pleh
Dude, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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L'ECARLATE rouge, communement apellée écarlate de Venise, sera teinte avec la graine de kermes, sans aucun meslange de bresil; sous les peines portées par l'articles XIX.
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Cours théoreque et pratique sur l'art de la teinture en laine, soie, fil, coton, fabrique d'indiennes en graine et peitit teint.
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See also citoyen Homassel, Cours théorique et pratique sur l'art de la teinture en laine, soie, fil, coton, fabrique d'indiennes en graine et petit teint.
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Here is no kind of corne nor graine, so that the people liveth onely upon plantanes and roots of sundrie sorts, very good; and nuts; nor any kinde of tame cattell, nor hens.
Essays 2007
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One of my favorite sections is "Weed Flower Mind," a further venturing, of viscious, noisome feelings, unprofitable graine encombring good corne: darnel, onion grass, crabgrass; surging useless.
Archive 2007-10-01 Lemon Hound 2007
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One of my favorite sections is "Weed Flower Mind," a further venturing, of viscious, noisome feelings, unprofitable graine encombring good corne: darnel, onion grass, crabgrass; surging useless.
George Murray and Christopher Patton, other strands of American influences Lemon Hound 2007
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