GRAIN, weight. The twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight.
2. For scientific purposes the grain only is used, and sets of weights are constructed in decimal progression, from 10,000 grains downward to one hundredth of a grain.

GRAIN, corn. It signifies wheat, rye, barley, or other corn sown in the ground In Pennsylvania, a tenant for a certain term is entitled to the way- going crop. 5 inn. 289, 258; 2 Binn. 487; 2 Serg. & Rawle, 14.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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His marketing push, called "We All Walk in Different Shoes," features those who go against the grain, like Log Cabin Republicans president Patrick Sammon (above, right) and the Tessler family--Joanna and Nicoletta, who've gone to Vermont for a civil union, and their daughter, Ruthie.

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It came as a relief when the band decided to go against the grain - "We didn't think we'd be able to put this on the new record,'' admitted Schieppati - and slowed things down with Line In The Sand.

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