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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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Ret
::
Ret (v. t.) To
prepare
for use, as flax, by
separating
the
fibers
from the woody part by
process
of
soaking,
macerating,
and other
treatment..
Water-rot
::
Water-rot
(v. t.) To rot by
steeping
in
water;
to
water-ret;
as, to
water-rot
hemp or
flax..
Calcarated
::
Calcarated
(a.)
Having
a spur, as the
flower
of the
toadflax
and
larkspur;
spurred..
Willow
::
Willow
(v. t.) To open and
cleanse,
as
cotton,
flax, or wool, by means of a
willow.
See
Willow,
n., 2..
Hurds
::
Hurds (n.) The
coarse
part of flax or hemp;
hards.
Hackle
::
Hackle
(v. t.) To
separate,
as the
coarse
part of flax or hemp from the fine, by
drawing
it
through
the teeth of a
hackle
or
hatchel..
Hatchel
::
Hatchel
(n.) An
instrument
with long iron teeth set in a
board,
for
cleansing
flax or hemp from the tow,
hards,
or
coarse
part; a kind of large comb; --
called
also
hackle
and
heckle..
Comb
::
Comb (n.) A
toothed
instrument
used for
separating
and
cleansing
wool, flax, hair, etc..
Flaxseed
::
Flaxseed
(n.) The seed of the flax;
linseed.
Flaxweed
::
Flaxweed
(n.) See
Toadflax.
Dewrot
::
Dewrot
(v. t.) To rot, as flax or hemp, by
exposure
to rain, dew, and sun. See
Dewretting..
Spaad
::
Spaad (n.) A kind of spar; earth flax, or
amianthus..
Stuped
::
Stupe (v. t.) Cloth or flax
dipped
in warm water or
medicaments
and
applied
to a hurt or sore.
Spreadingly
::
Spreader
(n.) A
machine
for
combining
and
drawing
fibers
of flax to form a
sliver
preparatory
to
spinning.
Cretonne
::
Cretonne
(n.) A
strong
white
fabric
with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
Capsule
::
Capsule
(n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of
several
parts or
carpels,
and opens to
discharge
the
seeds,
as, the
capsule
of the
poppy,
the flax, the lily, etc..
Scutch
::
Scutch
(n.) The woody fiber of flax; the
refuse
of
scutched
flax.
Flax
::
Flax (n.) The skin or
fibrous
part of the flax
plant,
when
broken
and
cleaned
by
hatcheling
or
combing..
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..
Flax
::
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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