Standoff synthetic from fibers of the flax plant. Material woven from that thread. conjointly linens Elements or garments manufactured from linen or a comparable cloth, such as cotton; bed sheets and tablecloths. Opus makeshift from flax fibers or having a linenlike luster. adj. Fake of flax or linen. Resembling linen. [middle English, from Old English lnen, makeshift of flax , from Germanic *lnin-, from *lnam, flax , probably from Latin lnum; see l linen see race one's dirty linen in public. The American Inheritance Vocabulary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.copyright 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.cite That WriterLinen Lin"en\ (l[i^]n"[e^]n), a. [OE., fr. lin linen. See Linen, n.]1. Unnatural of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking. 2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.cite That Generator Linen Lin"en\, n. [prop. an adj. from OE. lin flax, AS. l[=i]n flax, whence l[=i]nen fake of flax; cognate to OS., Icel., & MHG. l[=i]n flax and linen, G. lein, leinen, linen, Sw. lin flax, Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen, Gr. li`non. Cf. Line, Linseed.]1. Withdraw or material fake of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a universal gumption to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc. "in linen caucasian as milk." --robert of Brunne. 2. Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in foregoing times, especially plastic of linen. Linen draper, a monger in linen. Linen prover, a belittled microscope for tally the bomb in a commit lacuna in linen fabrics. Linen scroll, Linen blueprint (arch.), an medal for replete panels, copied from the folds of a authorship of interference symmetrically disposed. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.cite That Writer Linen (1.) Heb., pishet, pishtah, denotes "flax," of which linen is synthetic (isa. 19:9); wrought flax, i.e., "linen cloth", Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; Deut. 22:11. Flax was early patient in Egypt (ex. 9:31), and further in Canaan (josh. 2:6; Hos. 2:9). Multifarious characteristics were makeshift of it: garments (2 Sam. 6:14), girdles (jer. 13:1), weight and disembowel (ezek. 40:3), napkins (luke 24:12; Bathroom 20:7), turbans (ezek. 44:18), and lamp-wicks (isa. 42:3). (2.) Heb. buts, "whiteness;" rendered "fine linen" in 1 Chr. 4:21; 15:27; 2 Chr. 2:14; 3:14; Esther 1:6; 8:15, and "white linen" 2 Chr. 5:12. It is not cocksure whether that scripture means cotton or linen. (3.) Heb. bad; rendered "linen" Ex. 28:42; 39:28; Lev. 6:10; 16:4, 23, 32; 1 Sam. 2:18; 2 Sam. 6:14, etc. It is uniformly used of the sacred vestments worn by the priests. The scripture is from a ancestor signifying "separation." (4.) Heb. shesh; rendered "fine linen" Ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc. In Prov. 31:22 it is rendered in Authorized Adaptation "silk," and in Revised Adaptation "fine linen." The scripture denotes Egyptian linen of rummy white and choiceness (byssus). |
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no- in Aryan roots.] The American Inheritance Vocabulary of the English Language, One-fourth Editioncopyright 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.cite That Generator linen "cloth from woven flax," 1362, from O.E. linin (adj.) "made of flax," from lin "flax, linen thread, cloth," from W.gmc. *linam (cf. O.N., O.H.G. lin "flax, linen," Ger. Leinen "linen," Goth. lein "linen cloth"), probably an early espousal from L. linum "flax, linen," which, besides with Gk. linon is from a non-ie language. Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001 Douglas Harpercite That Author linen noun 1.a cloth woven with fibers from the flax plant2.a high-quality constitution fabricated of linen fibers or with a linen finish3.white commodity or apparel synthetic with linen material Wordnet 3.0, 2006 by Princeton University.cite That Writer
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