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Line :: Line (n.) Flax; linen.

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..

Dewretting :: Dewretting (n.) Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine..

Water-ret :: Water-ret (v. t.) To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot..

Comb :: Comb (n.) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc..

Retting :: Retting (n.) A place where flax is retted; a rettery.

Stricken :: Strick (n.) A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.

Carder :: Carder (n.) One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc..

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

Auburn :: Auburn (a.) Flaxen-colored.

Spaad :: Spaad (n.) A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus..

Grass :: Grass (v. t.) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc..

Hatchel :: Hatchel (n.) To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts..

Scutch :: Scutch (n.) The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.

Phormium :: Phormium (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species (Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant..

Earth Flax :: Earth flax () A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.

Dewrot :: Dewrot (v. t.) To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting..

Dodder :: Dodder (n.) A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it..

Spreadingly :: Spreader (n.) A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.

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