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linseed

[ lin-seed ]

noun



linseed

/ ˈlɪnˌsiːd /

noun

  1. another name for flaxseed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of linseed1

before 1000; Middle English linsed, Old English līnsǣd. See line 1, seed
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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.

Besides these, two parts linseed oil to one part kerosene is a good polish; also one-half turpentine to one-half crude oil.

Unglazed tiles are restored to colour and cleanliness by a rubbing with linseed oil.

Omaha has a linseed oil mill which turns out yearly millions of oil cakes and thousands of gallons of oil.

"Honest" linseed appears to have played him a sad trick, or he to have played a trick upon honest linseed.

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