Grained Sentence Examples

The difference between schists and gneisses is mainly that the latter have less highly developed foliation; they also, as a rule, are more coarse grained, and contain far more quartz and felspar, two minerals which rarely assume platy or acicular forms, and hence do not lead to the production of a fissile character in the rocks in which they are important constituents.

Hence sands are more coarse grained than clays.

The soap is from this again grained off or salted out, and the underlye so thrown down carries with it coloured impurities which may have been in the materials or which arise from contact with the boiler.

They are dark blue-grey, fine grained and durable, and are much used for flagging and kerbing and for sills, caps and steps.

The wood is fine grained and satiny.

Coarsely grained galena is used for glazing pottery, and is then known as "potters' ore" or alquifoux.

There are no upper canines; and the cheek-teeth are short-crowned (brachyodont) with a peculiar grained enamel, resembling the skin of a slug in character.

The older sandstone remains weathered and discolored and recent repair work in fine grained yellow ashlar is clearly visible.

The grained pattern on the walls matches that on the white formica tables, whilst the color matches the Leatherette booth seating.

Pink and white pegmatite typically occurs in veins and contains coarse grained quartz and feldspar.

The main stair was grained, new stone floors laid and new joinery fitted throughout the building.

A possible basal unconformity has been observed with a fine grained conglomerate lying on the hard Devonian quartzite.

Fine grained, soft tannins and perfect balance followed by a very long lingering finish with hints of blackberry and plum.

This conception of the grained structure of matter is very ancient; traces of it are to be found in Indian philosophy, perhaps twelve centuries before the Christian era, and the Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus, in the 3rd and 4th centuries B.C., taught it very definitely.

Hairline checks are not flaws, and minor cracking in these uniquely grained woods is a part of the natural aging process of Thomasville's heirloom quality pieces.

Furniture Outlet World offers luxurious leather furniture made of top quality grained leather.

Keep to tightly grained granites, rather than variegated designs, and consider soapstone, slate and quartzite as well.

A basic meal combination might be a starch, maybe Basmati rice which is long grained with a nutty flavor, or roti, unleavened Indian bread.

Mokume Gane is a technique that creates a wood grained or rippled visual effect on the metal of your engagement ring.

The Softy Poppy Tote by Marc Jacobs is a beautiful bag made of soft grained leather.

Love this look for its supple grained leather, logo-engraved polished silver hardware, and two exterior pouch pockets; both with twist and lock closures.

Soft grained leather, done in a snow white color is paired with polished silver metal hardware and leather logo patches on the front.

Here, the leather is smooth grained, the metal is gold and the Trompe l'oeil twist-lock closure contains a padded lock, but perhaps it's the hexagonal studs that line the purse through that really tells the tale of this $368.00 purse.

The rail-failures mentioned above also drew renewed attention to the importance of the thermal treatment of the steel from the time of melting to the last passage through the rolling mill and to the necessity of the finishing temperature being sufficiently low if the product is to be fine grained, homogeneous and tough; and to permit of this requirement being met there was a tendency to increase the thickness of the metal in the web and flanges of the rails.