grains

فِي ٱللُّغَةِ ٱلْإِنْجْلِيزِيَّةِ:

Etymology

Spear sense from Old Norse grein meaning division. (Reference: Ray Parkin, H. M. Bark Endeavour, Miegunyah Press, second edition 2003, ISBN 0-522-85093-6, page 196.)

اسم

grains

1. صِيغَةُ جَمْعٍ مُفْرَدُهَا grain
2. An iron fish spear with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.

   1770: Served 5 lb of fish per man which was caught by striking with grains — journal of Stephen Forwood (gunner on H.M. Bark Endeavour), 4 May 1770, quoted by Parkin (page 195).