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égrener (v.)
1.enlever le grain de la grappe ou de l'épi.
2.faire passer entre les doigts les grains d'un chapelet de prière.
égrener (v.)
↘ égraineuse, égrainoir, égrenage, égrènement, égreneuse, égrenoir
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ÉGRENER (v. a.)
1. Faire sortir le grain de l'épi, la graine des plantes ; détacher les raisins de la grappe. Égrener de l'anis, des raisins.
2. Enlever légèrement les grains de la surface d'une pièce qu'on met en couleur.
Terme de doreur. Unir la surface d'une pièce passée au jaune, et enlever les grains ou les poils de brosse.
3. Égrener son chapelet, en faire passer les grains entre ses doigts.
4. V. n. Se dit d'un rasoir lorsqu'on l'ébrèche pour voir s'il est bon. Ce rasoir égrène bien.
5. S'égrener, v. réfl. Tomber en grains. Ce blé est trop mûr, il s'égrène.
HISTORIQUE
XIIe s.— Es deux barons nen ot que corecier [se courroucer], Bien se requierent li hardi chevalier ; De lor espées font esgrener [écailler] l'acier, Et les vers elmes [haumes] embarer et trenchier (Raoul de C. 176)
XVe s.— Envie le ronge et esgraine (EUST. DESCH. Poésies mss. dans LACURNE)
XVIe s.— J'ai moi mesme esgrené un espi de froment dans lequel se treuverent quelques graines d'ivroie (O. DE SERRES 104)
ÉTYMOLOGIE
É- pour es- préfixe, et grain.
SUPPLÉMENT AU DICTIONNAIRE
ÉGRENER. Ajoutez :
6. Terme de peintre en bâtiment. Enlever les grains du plâtre, les aspérités pour appliquer la peinture.