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linseed
[ lin-seed ]
linseed
/ ˈlɪnˌsiːd /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of linseed1
Old English līnsǣd, from līn flax + sǣd seed
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Example Sentences
The opening of the bowels may be followed with a pint of linseed oil, as an additional and gentle laxative.
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Besides these, two parts linseed oil to one part kerosene is a good polish; also one-half turpentine to one-half crude oil.
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Unglazed tiles are restored to colour and cleanliness by a rubbing with linseed oil.
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Omaha has a linseed oil mill which turns out yearly millions of oil cakes and thousands of gallons of oil.
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"Honest" linseed appears to have played him a sad trick, or he to have played a trick upon honest linseed.
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