Difference between revisions of "Against the grain"
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| + | "Paper which has been folded at right angles to the direction in which the fibers tend to lie...The term applies specifically to machine-made paper, as [[handmade paper]] has no definite grain direction."<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. [http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt0053.html "Against the grain"]. ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology''. Conservation Online, 1994. Web. December 3 2015.</ref> | ||
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English
adj
"Paper which has been folded at right angles to the direction in which the fibers tend to lie...The term applies specifically to machine-made paper, as handmade paper has no definite grain direction."<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. "Against the grain". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Conservation Online, 1994. Web. December 3 2015.</ref>
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations for "against the grain"
- Danish: (translation needed)
- Dutch: (translation needed)
- French: contre le fil, contre le grain, à contre-fil, en travers
- German: (translation needed)
- Italian: contro verso<ref name="Alessandro">Sidoti, Alessandro. Personal correspondence. 11 September 2014.</ref>
- Latin: (translation needed)
- Spanish: (translation needed)
- Swedish: (translation needed)
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