Ingrain

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1. Adjective

Dyed with grain, or kermes.

2. Adjective

Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.

3. Noun

An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.

4. Verb

To dye with or in grain or kermes.

5. Verb

To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.

6. Verb

To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
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