Usually means: Resistant to wear or pressure.
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  1. hard-grained: Merriam-Webster
  2. hard-grained: Wordnik
  3. hard-grained: Wiktionary

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adjective:  Having a dense firm grain.
adjective:  Uninviting; dour.

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