In"grain` (?; 277), a. [Pref. in-
in + grain kermes. See Engrain, Grain.]
1. Dyed with grain, or kermes.
[Obs.]
2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the
material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly
inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply
carpet. -- Triple ingrain carpet, a three-
ply carpet.
In"grain`, n. An ingrain fabric,
as a carpet.
In"grain` (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Ingrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Ingraining.] [Written also engrain.]
1. To dye with or in grain or
kermes.
2. To dye in the grain, or before
manufacture.
3. To work into the natural texture or into
the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue;
to infix deeply.
Our fields ingrained with blood.
Daniel.
Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a
man who has these vices at all.
Helps.