grainer

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood.
2. n. The peculiar brush or toothed instrument which a painter employs in graining. Also called graining-tool.
3. n. A lixivium obtained by infusing pigeons' dung in water, used by tanners to give flexibility to skins.
4. n. A knife used by tanners and skinners for taking the hair off of skins.
5. n. A gamer.
6. n. I n salt-making, a pan in which granulated salt is formed by rapid crystallization under the action of solar heat.

Wiktionary

1. n. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
2. n. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
3. n. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
2. n. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
3. n. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.