The process of creating a grain or grain-like pattern; wood finishing technique that imitates wood grain appearance.
From 'grain' as a verb (to mark with grains or grain patterns) plus the gerund suffix '-ing,' denoting the action or craft itself.
Medieval scribes actually used graining techniques—they'd drag quills across wet ink to create decorative grain patterns in manuscript illuminations, a surprisingly sophisticated effect.
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