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Meanings of close-grained in English

Dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.

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        Usage of close-grained in English
        1
        The wood is hard, heavy, close-grained and of a fine red colour.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        2
        But the stones of the pebble bank are a close-grained, yellow-spotted rock.
        Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
        3
        Flesh pale yellow, zoned or circled with white, not close-grained, but sugary.
        The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
        4
        This shell is very close-grained and fine, but only moderately glossy.
        The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
        5
        The hard, close-grained timber requires days of hewing and sawing to get it severed.
        Among the Trees at Elmridge
        6
        Coarse-grained woods make up into furniture and take a more satisfactory finish than close-grained woods.
        Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 3
        7
        Flesh white, circled or zoned with bright pink; not very close-grained, but very sugary and well-flavored.
        The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
        8
        It should be made of close-grained, well-seasoned wood.
        Home Life in Colonial Days
        9
        The wood is white, close-grained, tough, and light.
        A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
        10
        It is reddish, smooth, close-grained, and rather heavy.
        A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 / Undertaken for the purp...
        11
        They were a tough, hard, and close-grained wood.
        An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 / ...
        12
        The head should be made of close-grained, well-seasoned wood, and of the exact dimensions of the chamber.
        Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. / 1866. Fourth...
        13
        They are made of the close-grained oak that grows in a high northern latitude, and well seasoned.
        The Prairie Traveler: A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions
        14
        Flesh yellow, comparatively close-grained, sweet and tender.
        The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
        15
        The wood of them, which is white, close-grained, tough, and light, is well adapted to that purpose.
        Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain J...
        16
        Thus did the seat of government and its needs drive another wedge of loose construction into close-grained theory.
        The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
        Close-grained through the time