close-grained
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It is based largely on a close-grained analysis of masses of sea surface and air temperature data collected over the century.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010
The wood they found was dense and close-grained, unlike the spongy grain of the younger, forced-growth trees that are planted today.
From Time Magazine Archive
In twelve books she has tried both to give a close-grained structure of regional manners and to trace the doings of the English merchant class from its ferment under Cromwell to its troubles under Attlee.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wood is very hard, close-grained, and tough, and is used as a substitute for boxwood in the making of bobbins and shuttles for weaving, and also in cabinet-work.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
All produce pale close-grained, fairly hard wood, valued in turnery and for the interior finish of houses.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers
