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noun

Linen n.

Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens "In linen white as milk."

Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.

Linen draper, a dealer in linen.

Linen prover, a small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics.

Linen scroll, Linen pattern (Arch.), an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff symmetrically disposed.

adjective

Linen adj.

Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.

Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.

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Etymology of 'Linen'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Linen" Quotes from Famous Books

... who stood with his hands in his pockets taking a leisurely survey of the premises before he entered. He wore brown homespun pantaloons, much too short for his legs, and a pistol and bowie knife stuck in his belt. His head and one eye were enveloped in a huge bandage of white linen. Having completed his observations, he came slouching in and sat down on a chest. Eight or ten more of the same stamp followed, and very coolly arranging themselves about the room, began to stare at the company. ...

— The Oregon Trail • Francis Parkman, Jr.

... a furnace,—a white furnace in the day-time, and a black one at night; that was all the difference. I had my head shaved,—it's growed now, but I'm going to have it done again, soon as I get back,—and wore a flannel shirt and those linen pants you made, Pinkie. I tell you I was glad of 'em, if I did laugh at 'em at first—and so I got on. I wrote you that Dr. Flower had taken me to do errands for him during vacation?" The girls nodded. "Well, I stayed at his ...

— Hildegarde's Holiday - a story for girls • Laura E. Richards

... suggestion was borne out by a further examination of the rooms. In the kitchen there were practically no stores and hardly any arrangements even for simple bachelor cooking; the bedroom offered the same suggestion; the soap in the wash-stand was shrivelled and cracked; there was no cast-off linen, and the shirts in the drawers, though clean, had the peculiar yellowish, faded appearance that linen acquires when long out of use. In short, the rooms had the appearance of not having been lived in at all, but only ...

— The Mystery of 31 New Inn • R. Austin Freeman

... gold work is usually yellow, and for silver, white or grey. Yellow soft cotton, linen thread, or silk, are all used for ...

— Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving • Grace Christie

... almost vexed at the weakness his sister displayed. It was unusual to her, and he forgot her weariness and the trial she had passed. He had been binding some linen about Arthur's shoulder, and he looked up and spoke to her in ...

— Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession • Benjamin Wood

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