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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Ingrain

In'grāin, a.

adjective

(Synop., § 130), a. [Prefix in and grain, kermes. See GRAIN.]

  1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.]
  2. Dyed in the grain; thoroughly inwrought, as color.

Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet.—Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.

Ĭn′grain or In-grāin′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. IN-GRAINED; p. pr. & vb. n. INGRAINING.] [Written also engrain.]

  1. To dye with grain. [Obs.] See GRAIN.
  2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
  3. To work into the natural texture, as color; to impregnate the whole matter or substance.

*That confused succeeding age Our fields ingrained with blood. Daniel.*