Definition of "graine" [graine]

• The eggs of the silkworm. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Item eighteene pence for euery cloth wherein any kind of graine is mingled."
• "'taken order that ingrossers of corne shall be carefullie seen unto and that there is no Badger (corn-dealer) licensed to carry corne out of this countrye nor any starch made of any kind of graine'."
• "Last time I wuz in dis position, I was habbin a meow-graine…pleh"