different between dace vs graining

English

Etymology

From Old French dars, nominative form of dart (“dace”). For a similar loss of r, compare bass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Noun

dace (plural dace or daces)

1. The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 3, [1]

     Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees.

2. (US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.

Synonyms

• dare, dart

Translations

Anagrams

• -cade, CEDA, Cade, aced, cade, deca-, ecad

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?da.t??e]

Adjective

dace f pl or n pl

1. nominative feminine plural of dac
2. accusative feminine plural of dac
3. nominative neuter plural of dac
4. accusative neuter plural of dac

Noun

dace f pl

1. plural of dac?

English

Etymology 1

Verb

graining

1. present participle of grain

Noun

graining (countable and uncountable, plural grainings)

1. The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.
2. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
   • 1691, John Locke, Some considerations of the consequences of lowering the interest and raising the value of money

     mark the edges of the rest with a graining

3. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
4. (soap manufacture) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

graining (plural grainings)

1. A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.

Anagrams

• inraging