Ingrain

Definition of Ingrain

In´grain`
a.1.
1.Dyed with grain, or kermes.
2.Dyed before manufacture, - said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
Ingrain carpet
a double or two-ply carpet.
Triple ingrain carpet
a three-ply carpet.
n.1.An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
v. t.1.
[imp. & p. p. Ingrained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingraining.]
1.To dye with or in grain or kermes.
2.To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
3.To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
Our fields ingrained with blood.
- Daniel.
Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all.
- Helps.

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