granular (granular)

[ It would be too much to a ert that the skin of the dog-fish was made rough and granulated on purpose for the polishing of wood. Paley , Nat. Theol., v. 3. In ceram., decorated with color in spots, or mottled. See soufflé.-4. In pathol.: (a) Having little grain-like fleshy bodies filling up the cavities, as ulcers and suppurating wounds. (b) Characterized by the presence of small grain-like bodies: as, a granulated liver.-Gran ulated gla . See gla . - Granulated work, in jewel ry, decoration by means of minute grains applied to the surface, especially in goldsmiths' work. Repou é figures alternate with strings of the finest granulated work, and the exquisite devices testify to the use by the Etruscans of agencies unknown to us. Wheatley and Del a motte, Art Work in Gold and Silver, [p. 15.