Flax

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.

II. Flax ·noun 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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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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