Linen
['lɪnɪn]
Definition
(noun.) white goods or clothing made with linen cloth.
(noun.) a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant.
(noun.) a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish.
Checker: Thomas--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
(n.) Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
(n.) Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.
(n.) Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.
Typist: Ora
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Cloth of flax, flaxen fabric.[2]. Under garments.
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Definition
n. cloth made of lint or flax: underclothing particularly that made of linen: articles of linen or of linen and cotton—table-linen bed-linen body-linen.—adj. made of flax: resembling linen cloth.—n. Lin′en-drap′er a merchant who deals in linens.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see linen in your dream, augurs prosperity and enjoyment. If a person appears to you dressed in linen garments, you will shortly be the recipient of joyful tidings in the nature of an inheritance. If you are apparelled in clean, fine linen, your fortune and fullest enjoyment in life is assured. If it be soiled, sorrow and ill luck will be met with occasionally, mingled with the good in your life.
Editor: Philip
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. 'A kind of cloth the making of which when made of hemp entails a great waste of hemp. '—Calcraft the Hangman.
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Examples
- I am sorry that Miss Sutherland has troubled you about this little matter, for I think it is far better not to wash linen of the sort in public. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Jo in maroon, with a stiff, gentlemanly linen collar, and a white chrysanthemum or two for her only ornament. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The above is sufficient for two pads, which should be made into an oblong or diamond shape, with linen or muslin, and worn over the pit of the stomach. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- But all natural fabrics, whether they come from plants, like cotton and linen, or from animals, like wool and silk, contain more or less coloring matter, which impairs the whiteness. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A linen shirt, for example, is, strictly speaking, not a necessary of life. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Ford's was the principal woollen-draper, linen-draper, and haberdasher's shop united; the shop first in size and fashion in the place. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Twelfth Century Documents Written on Linen Paper still Extant. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Apply to burn, covering with linen or lint. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I have traced her to a shop at Frizinghall, kept by a linen draper named Maltby. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Damp, but not wet linen, may possibly give colds; but no one catches cold by bathing, and no clothes can be wetter than water itself. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I will _not_ prison it in the linen press to find shrouds among the sheets. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He had been wounded with some missiles from the crowd on the day of his capture, and his head was bandaged with a linen cloth. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She was as unconcerned at that contingency as a goddess at a lack of linen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They seem for the most part shabby in attire, dingy of linen, lovers of billiards and brandy, and cigars and greasy ordinaries. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A stout, thin linen paper will produce the best results, but almost any kind will do. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Typist: Sanford