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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.) The skin or
fibrous
part of the flax
plant,
when
broken
and
cleaned
by
hatcheling
or
combing..
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Canvas
::
Canvas
(n.) A
strong
cloth made of hemp, flax, or
cotton;
-- used for
tents,
sails,
etc..
Carder
::
Carder
(n.) One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc..
Byssine
::
Byssine
(a.) Made of silk;
having
a silky or
flaxlike
appearance.
Flex
::
Flex (n.) Flax.
Swifter
::
Swift (n.) The main card
cylinder
of a
flax-carding
machine.
Scutch
::
Scutch
(n.) The woody fiber of flax; the
refuse
of
scutched
flax.
Stuped
::
Stupe (v. t.) Cloth or flax
dipped
in warm water or
medicaments
and
applied
to a hurt or sore.
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..
Retting
::
Retting
(n.) A place where flax is
retted;
a
rettery.
Stricken
::
Strick
(n.) A bunch of
hackled
flax
prepared
for
drawing
into
slivers.
Swingle
::
Swingle
(v. t.) To
clean,
as flax, by
beating
it with a
swingle,
so as to
separate
the
coarse
parts and the woody
substance
from it; to
scutch..
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..
Yarn
::
Yarn (n.) Spun wool;
woolen
thread;
also,
thread
of other
material,
as of
cotton,
flax, hemp, or silk;
material
spun and
prepared
for use in
weaving,
knitting,
manufacturing
sewing
thread,
or the
like..
Linigerous
::
Linigerous
(a.)
Bearing
flax;
producing
linen.
Flax
::
Flax (n.) The skin or
fibrous
part of the flax
plant,
when
broken
and
cleaned
by
hatcheling
or
combing..
Fruit
::
Fruit (v. t.)
Whatever
is
produced
for the
nourishment
or
enjoyment
of man or
animals
by the
processes
of
vegetable
growth,
as corn,
grass,
cotton,
flax, etc.; --
commonly
used in the
plural..
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..
Earth Flax
::
Earth flax () A
variety
of
asbestus.
See
Amianthus.
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..
Flax-plant
::
Flax-plant
(n.) A plant in new
Zealand
(Phormium
tenax),
allied
to the
lilies
and
aloes.
The
leaves
are two
inches
wide and
several
feet long, and
furnish
a fiber which is used for
making
ropes,
mats, and
coarse
cloth..
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