Hypertext Webster Gateway: "engrain"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Engrain \En*grain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engrained}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Engraining}.] [Pref. en- + grain. Cf. {Ingrain}.]
1. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See {Ingrain}.
Leaves engrained in lusty green. --Spenser.
2. To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to
infuse deeply. See {Ingrain}.
The stain hath become engrained by time. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See
{Grain}, v. t., 1.
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