Definition of lax

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Lax (v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber..

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Ripple :: Ripple (v.) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc..
Solutive :: Solutive (a.) Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative.
Tewtaw :: Tewtaw (v. t.) To beat; to break, as flax or hemp..
Byssine :: Byssine (a.) Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.
Passive :: Passive (a.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues..
Zemni :: Zemni (n.) The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows..
Malaxator :: Malaxator (n.) One who, or that which, malaxates; esp., a machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass..
Cascara Sagrada :: Cascara sagrada () Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative..
Cretonne :: Cretonne (n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
Flaxseed :: Flaxseed (n.) The seed of the flax; linseed.
Fibre :: Fibre (n.) A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To relax; to lay at ease.
General :: General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression..
Globeflower :: Globeflower (n.) The American plant Trollius laxus.
Relaxative :: Relaxative (n.) A relaxant.
Parillin :: Parillin (n.) A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin..
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence..
Strict :: Strict (a.) Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber..
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..
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