Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
To dye with or in grain or kermes.
To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.