felt grain

English

Noun

felt grain (uncountable)

1. The grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timbers.

References

• “felt grain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Felt grain”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

Anagrams

• afterling, faltering, reflating