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Definition of flax
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of flax is as below...
Flax (n.) A plant of the genus
Linum,
esp. the L.
usitatissimum,
which has a
single,
slender
stalk,
about a foot and a half high, with blue
flowers.
The fiber of the bark is used for
making
thread
and
cloth,
called
linen,
cambric,
lawn, lace, etc.
Linseed
oil is
expressed
from the
seed..
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Swinglebar
::
Swingle
(n.) A
wooden
instrument
like a large
knife,
about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for
beating
and
cleaning
flax; a
scutcher;
--
called
also
swingling
knife,
swingling
staff,
and
swingling
wand..
Hurds
::
Hurds (n.) The
coarse
part of flax or hemp;
hards.
Boon
::
Boon (n.) The woody
portion
flax, which is
separated
from the fiber as
refuse
matter
by
retting,
braking,
and
scutching..
Auburn
::
Auburn
(a.)
Flaxen-colored.
Linen
::
Linen (n.)
Thread
or cloth made of flax or
(rarely)
of hemp; -- used in a
general
sense to
include
cambric,
shirting,
sheeting,
towels,
tablecloths,
etc..
Gill
::
Gill (n.) One of the combs of
closely
ranged
steel pins which
divide
the
ribbons
of flax fiber or wool into fewer
parallel
filaments.
Spaad
::
Spaad (n.) A kind of spar; earth flax, or
amianthus..
Break
::
Break (v. t.) To
destroy
the
strength,
firmness,
or
consistency
of; as, to break
flax..
Distaff
::
Distaff
(n.) The staff for
holding
a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the
thread
is drawn in
spinning
by
hand..
Hackle
::
Hackle
(n.) A comb for
dressing
flax, raw silk, etc.; a
hatchel..
Mucilage
::
Mucilage
(n.) A gummy or
gelatinous
substance
produced
in
certain
plants
by the
action
of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of
quinces,
of flax, etc..
Cretonne
::
Cretonne
(n.) A
strong
white
fabric
with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
Rock
::
Rock (n.) A
distaff
used in
spinning;
the staff or frame about which flax is
arranged,
and from which the
thread
is drawn in
spinning..
Flaxy
::
Flaxy (a.) Like flax;
flaxen.
Willow
::
Willow
(v. t.) To open and
cleanse,
as
cotton,
flax, or wool, by means of a
willow.
See
Willow,
n., 2..
Fibre
::
Fibre (n.) A
general
name for the raw
material,
such as
cotton,
flax, hemp, etc., used in
textile
manufactures..
Amianthus
::
Amianthus
(n.) Earth flax, or
mountain
flax; a soft silky
variety
of
asbestus..
Scutch
::
Scutch
(n.) A
wooden
instrument
used in
scutching
flax and hemp.
Harl
::
Harl (n.) A
filamentous
substance;
especially,
the
filaments
of flax or
hemp..
Card
::
Card (n.) An
instrument
for
disentangling
and
arranging
the
fibers
of
cotton,
wool, flax, etc.; or for
cleaning
and
smoothing
the hair of
animals;
--
usually
consisting
of bent wire teeth set
closely
in rows in a thick piece of
leather
fastened
to a
back..
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