Dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
1 The wood is hard, heavy, close - grained and of a fine red colour.
2 But the stones of the pebble bank are a close - grained , yellow-spotted rock.
3 Flesh pale yellow, zoned or circled with white, not close - grained , but sugary.
4 This shell is very close - grained and fine, but only moderately glossy.
5 The hard, close - grained timber requires days of hewing and sawing to get it severed.
6 Coarse-grained woods make up into furniture and take a more satisfactory finish than close - grained woods.
7 Flesh white, circled or zoned with bright pink; not very close - grained , but very sugary and well-flavored.
8 It should be made of close - grained , well-seasoned wood.
9 The wood is white, close - grained , tough, and light.
10 It is reddish, smooth, close - grained , and rather heavy.
11 They were a tough, hard, and close - grained wood.
12 The head should be made of close - grained , well-seasoned wood, and of the exact dimensions of the chamber.
13 They are made of the close - grained oak that grows in a high northern latitude, and well seasoned.
14 Flesh yellow, comparatively close - grained , sweet and tender.
15 The wood of them, which is white, close - grained , tough, and light, is well adapted to that purpose.
16 Thus did the seat of government and its needs drive another wedge of loose construction into close - grained theory.
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