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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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Carder
::
Carder
(n.) One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc..
Hurds
::
Hurds (n.) The
coarse
part of flax or hemp;
hards.
Thread
::
Thread
(n.) A very small twist of flax, wool,
cotton,
silk, or other
fibrous
substance,
drawn out to
considerable
length;
a
compound
cord
consisting
of two or more
single
yarns
doubled,
or
joined
together,
and
twisted..
Rot
::
Rot (v. t.) To
expose,
as flax, to a
process
of
maceration,
etc., for the
purpose
of
separating
the
fiber;
to ret..
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..
Staple
::
Staple
(n.) The fiber of wool,
cotton,
flax, or the like; as, a
coarse
staple;
a fine
staple;
a long or short
staple..
Harl
::
Harl (n.) A
filamentous
substance;
especially,
the
filaments
of flax or
hemp..
Codilla
::
Codilla
(n.) The
coarse
tow of flax and hemp.
Scutcher
::
Scutcher
(n.) An
implement
or
machine
for
scutching
hemp, flax, or
cotton;
etc.; a
scutch;
a
scutching
machine..
Erythroxylon
::
Erythroxylon
(n.) A genus of
shrubs
or small trees of the Flax
family,
growing
in
tropical
countries.
E. Coca is the
source
of
cocaine.
See
Coca..
Lint
::
Lint (n.) Flax.
Willow
::
Willow
(v. t.) To open and
cleanse,
as
cotton,
flax, or wool, by means of a
willow.
See
Willow,
n., 2..
Water-ret
::
Water-ret
(v. t.) To ret, or rot, in
water,
as flax; to
water-rot..
Linne
::
Linne (n.) Flax. See
Linen.
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..
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..
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..
Boon
::
Boon (n.) The woody
portion
flax, which is
separated
from the fiber as
refuse
matter
by
retting,
braking,
and
scutching..
Flaxen
::
Flaxen
(a.) Made of flax;
resembling
flax or its
fibers;
of the color of flax; of a light soft straw
color;
fair and
flowing,
like flax or tow; as,
flaxen
thread;
flaxen
hair..
Retting
::
Retting
(n.) The act or
process
of
preparing
flax for use by
soaking,
maceration,
and
kindred
processes;
-- also
called
rotting.
See Ret..
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