Coarse-grained wood; large-grained sand. From LearnThat.org.
Potato starch is large-grained, contains 25 per cent amylose and. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 25] Reference
From a wild grass he has produced the large-grained nutritious wheat. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition] Reference
I return then to my large-grained powder, which removes those difficulties. From Wordnik.com. [From the Earth to the Moon] Reference
The white, black, or purple large-grained types are made into bread and other baked foods. From Wordnik.com. [13. Other Cultivated Grains] Reference
“We shall have to employ a large-grained powder,” continued the major; “its combustion is more rapid than that of the small.”. From Wordnik.com. [From the Earth to the Moon] Reference
The large-grained, unpolished rice sold at "Food-Reform" stores at 3d. per lb. absorbs the water and cooks much more easily than a smaller variety sold at 2d. From Wordnik.com. [Food Remedies Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses] Reference
Some are large-grained, of a pink colour, and appear in blocks, which, flaking off under the influence of the atmosphere, form ooidal blocks and boulders piled in irregular heaps. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
The stones at the bottom of the rivers appeared very fine, large-grained, dark coloured granite, of a kind quite different from the mountain rocks, or from any stones which they had ever seen in the colony. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a tour of discovery across the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, in the year 1813] Reference
Starch - in certain countries, notably the Netherlands, Denmark and the USA, considerable quantities of potatoes are used for the preparation of a large-grained starch, which is used by the food, paper and textile industries, in the manufacture of adhesives, in the preparation of modified starch products such as amylopectin, and for the preparation of glucose and dextrins, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 25] Reference
You got substandard rice and dirty, large-grained sugar. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
He filled the giant plastic dish-shaped engine covers of a DC-9 with large-grained plastic sand. From Wordnik.com. [Daddy Types] Reference
Mr. Cameron states that "the kind of sugar which is both healthful and economical, is the dry, large-grained and light-colored variety.". From Wordnik.com. [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference
Sumatra, and yields a similar large-grained pepper with what is procured at Priaman, but is not under the dominion of the king of Acheen, as are. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference
The vessel had been built of large-grained oak, which was mostly in a good state of preservation, although discolored, and the iron spikes and bolts were still strong. From Wordnik.com. [Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present] Reference
"Well, I don't want to hurry," muttered Saxe, as he began to glide down the beautiful sloping curve, with the crisp large-grained snow hissing and flying down before him. From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps] Reference
The berries are large and very obtuse, conical, dark-red, large-grained, and covered with a thick bloom, very juicy, and exceedingly soft -- too much so for market purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Success with Small Fruits] Reference
The corn of this country is of a most excellent quality, large-grained and very fine, and the island would produce it in great plenty, yet most of what is consumed by the inhabitants is imported. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference
I had of course abundant opportunities for examining the structure of the ice, and I found in all parts of the fall the same large-grained material, breaking up, when cut, into the usual prismatic nuts. From Wordnik.com. [Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland] Reference
On the plain to the north of the Jebel el-Abyaz also, I found curdles of porphyritic trap, and parallel trap-dykes, cutting the courses of large-grained grey granite: as many as three outcrops of the former appeared within fourteen yards. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 1] Reference
The large-grained spawn of fishes, such as the lump-fish, salmon, or sturgeon, might be readily enough mistaken, in even the recent state, for the detached spherical-seed vessels of fruit, such as the bramble-berry, the stone-bramble, or the rasp. From Wordnik.com. [The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed] Reference
Of the varieties of rice brought to our market, that from Bengal is chiefly of the species denominated cargo rice, and is of a coarse reddish-brown cast, but peculiarly sweet and large-grained; it does not readily separate from the husk, but it is preferred by the natives to all the others. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
1 teaspoon sea salt (large-grained) or kosher salt. From Wordnik.com. [Rasa Malaysia: Asian Recipes and Cooking] Reference
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