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What is a grainer?

What is a grainer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
  2. 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. One who grains (paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc).
  4. A brush or tool used for such painting.
  5. (rail transportation, US) A type of railroad car that carries grain.
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The grainer or open-pan process uses open rectangular pans with steam-heated immersion coils to evaporate the water in the brine.
And when composer Ron Grainer came knocking, with a tune he had for a new science fiction show on the BBC, she made history.
When the same type of shot as the first presented itself, the.309 and 165 grainer did their job again.
A Richard Binnie, Perth Who can forget that great music by Ron Grainer and the opening titles of the dancing girl in shadow with a spinning gun and cards?
Carlisle v Exeter Brad Potts and Danny Kearns are doubtful for Cumbrians but Danny Grainer returns.
The latter may have been used as a hide grainer, but shovel damage prevents clear functional identification.

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