a. [see GRAIN.] Having the fibers, crystals, or other structural elements fine and closely arranged; of close texture.
1754. Dodsley, Public Virtue, Agric., II. 258. The close-grained box.
1776. G. Semple, Building in Water, 80. Clean, close-grained Lime-stone.
1854. Hooker, Himal. Jrnls., I. i. 9. Closer-grained and more woody trees.
1858. J. Brown, Horæ Subs. (1863), 19. His firm and close-grained mind.
