Donald Williams brushed stray grains of salt from the tablecloth.
The risk here is that stray grain, just waiting to turn your confection into a grainy mess.
It depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray grains of wheat after the harvest.
When all that was left was the steam of the chili and some stray grains of rice, he pushed the plate aside.
Then Hening- way went to the door to peek out, while the others milled about aimlessly, pecking at stray grains.
Poultry such as native chicken are usually few in numbers per farmer and subsist on stray grain and grasses.
(They were in Minnesota then, mind you, Minnesota and Wisconsin, stray grains of wedding rice still sparkling here and there on the Airstream carpet.)
Henning would then stir the water one last time, and it would again become completely clear, with a few stray grains of sand left in it.
Here Mr. Perker drew himself up with conscious dignity, and brushed some stray grains of snuff from his shirt frill.
The slowmatches were fitted so that the burning ends hung over the water - a further precaution against stray grains of powder being ignited.