graining

noun5

1. •
   The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.
2. •
   A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
3. •
   Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
4. •
   The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
5. •
   A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.