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graining

British  
/ ˈɡreɪnɪŋ /

noun

  1. the pattern or texture of the grain of wood, leather, etc

  2. the process of painting, printing, staining, etc, a surface in imitation of a grain

  3. a surface produced by such a process

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More importantly, in a race expected to be dominated by tyre graining, Ferrari’s tyre wear has looked if anything better than Red Bull’s this weekend.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

You can try some of the old techniques that are still used, such as satin brushing and circular graining.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2023

They had underestimated the resilience of the hard tyres – boosted by the higher temperatures on Sunday that reduced graining.

From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2019

The first recorded flood was in 1780, just a few years after three Quaker brothers from Bucks County, Pa. — Joseph, Andrew and John Ellicott — founded what became a center of milling and graining.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2016

When dry, a thin staining of burnt terra-de-sienna ground in water, containing a very little sugar or gumarabic is laid on the work, and while this continues moist and flowing, the graining is applied.

From Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Porter, Rufus