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noun

fabric woven from flax yarns.

Often, linens. bedding, tablecloths, shirts, etc., made of linen cloth or a more common substitute, as cotton.

yarn made of flax fiber.

thread made of flax yarns.

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adjective

made of linen: a linen jacket.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Idiom

wash one's dirty linen in public, to discuss in public one's private scandals, disagreements, or difficulties.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English lin(n)en (noun, adj.), Old English linnen, līnen (adj.) made of flax, equivalent to līn flax (< Latin līnum; see line²) + -en -en²

Related forms

lin·en·y, adjective

half-lin·en, adjective

un·der·lin·en, noun

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Bellora also offers printed bed linen in fine cotton percale and in colorful yarn-dyed linen blends.

Linen is your friend, because it can get quite warm.

Demand for linen and silk is depressed by the artificially low price of cotton.

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Bellora also offers printed bed linen in fine cotton percale and in colorful yarn-dyed linen blends.

Linen is your friend, because it can get quite warm.

Demand for linen and silk is depressed by the artificially low price of cotton.

The newfound shroud was something of a patchwork of simply woven linen and wool textiles, the study found.

By the time the stove is on its legs, he gets reckless and takes off his old coat regardless of his linen.

Then the figures-each made of linen bundles wrapped in wire armatures-were painstakingly cleaned and repaired.

At night, dress up jeans and a linen shirt with a turquoise-studded belt or brooch.

The cards are high quality linen stock and their art is colorful and well-printed.

The bridegroom's mother manages the company's linen rental unit.

Or a linen type of fabric, a light canvas, or even textured wall paper.

For the royal weddings of the past, the celebratory crockery and linen in shops was starchy and deferential.

She is barefoot and dressed in a yellow linen shift.

The shirt is usually white, intricately embroidered and plaited and made of cotton or linen.

He also worked with bark from other trees, as well as scraps of hemp, linen rags and even fishnets.

Or a linen closet that's been close enough to a bathtub.

Lay me down in sheets of linen you had a busy day today.

Although no linen bandages were found, they believe the lion had been mummified.

Obtained from wood ashes, potash is also a valuable source for bleaching linen and scouring wool in the textile industry.

Soft and lustrous, it is now commonly used for linen or lace.

Mauve linen napkins were decorated with self-covered linen buttons.

There have been mixed signals as to whether the party has anything new to say about its dirty linen.

The rest of the body, except for his protruding feet, remains shrouded in a linen cover.

To a child's ears the rat-a-tat of laminated linen against spokes was engine noise.

White linen gaiters over brogans are the best, boots offering too much reflection to the sun's rays.

But overall, cash-strapped consumers are buying more burgers in paper bags and fewer steaks served on white linen.

The long box is a linen chest filed with the king's undergarments.

The shade is constructed by covering the frame with paper or stretching cotton, linen or silk over it.

Lithuania has a centuries-old linen tradition of growing flax and manufacturing linen products of exceptional quality.

Fine linen is as great a delight to the housewife now as it was in the days when she spun and wove it herself.

Waste baskets with lids or large containers used for clothing and linen storage work well.

The mummies were all wrapped in well-spun ancient linen.

It's also a great way to use up any extra cotton or linen fabric.

Don't forget to swap the paper napkins for washable, organic linen ones.

Store in a dry linen closet or cabinet, along with a small scoop or plastic measuring spoon.

Creatures were wrapped in linen or papyrus to serve as a human mummy's best friends.

Alison looks for options for the placement of linen closets.

Scientists were able to view each layer of linen bandages wrapped around the mummy's body.

Linen is also nice if you are interviewing in a hot climate.

Meanwhile the fragment of linen cloth had a coating characteristic of mummy wrappings and contained large amounts of pine pollen.

There were once big markets for skilled and talented linen weavers, buggy whip makers, and wheel wrights.

As a surprise the young women wore linen shirtwaists with stiff linen collars, and made their costumes as mannish as possible.

She longed to try crossing the linen threads and weaving the cobwebby patterns.

So, people had begun wearing underclothes of washable linen and.

His head was wrapped in a linen turban that covered all but his eyes, and his enormous warm hand enveloped mine.

Many of the men wore white linen suits and black string ties and some wore white straw hats or boaters with wide brims.

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World English Dictionary

linen (ˈlɪnɪn)

—n
1.	a. a hard-wearing fabric woven from the spun fibres of flax
	b. (as modifier): a linen tablecloth
2.	yarn or thread spun from flax fibre
3.	clothes, sheets, tablecloths, etc, made from linen cloth or from a substitute such as cotton
4.	See linen paper

[Old English linnen, ultimately from Latin līnum flax, line²]

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Word Origin & History

linen

"cloth from woven flax," mid-14c., 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 borrowing from L. linum "flax, linen," which, along with Gk. linon

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Bible Dictionary

Linen definition

(1.) Heb., pishet, pishtah, denotes "flax," of which linen is made (Isa. 19:9); wrought flax, i.e., "linen cloth", Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; Deut. 22:11. Flax was early cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31), and also in Palestine (Josh. 2:6; Hos. 2:9). Various articles were made of it: garments (2 Sam. 6:14), girdles (Jer. 13:1), ropes and thread (Ezek. 40:3), napkins (Luke 24:12; John 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 certain whether this word 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 word is from a root 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 Version "silk," and in Revised Version "fine linen." The word denotes Egyptian linen of peculiar whiteness and fineness (byssus). The finest Indian linen, the finest now made, has in an inch one hundred threads of warp and eighty-four of woof; while the Egyptian had sometimes one hundred and forty in the warp and sixty-four in the woof. This was the usual dress of the Egyptian priest. Pharaoh arrayed Joseph in a dress of linen (Gen. 41:42). (5.) Heb. 'etun. Prov. 7:16, "fine linen of Egypt;" in Revised Version, "the yarn of Egypt." (6.) Heb. sadin. Prov. 31:24, "fine linen;" in Revised Version, "linen garments" (Judg. 14:12, 13; Isa. 3:23). From this Hebrew word is probably derived the Greek word sindon, rendered "linen" in Mark 14:51, 52; 15:46; Matt. 27:59. The word "linen" is used as an emblem of moral purity (Rev. 15:6). In Luke 16:19 it is mentioned as a mark of luxury.

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Idioms & Phrases

linen

see wash one's dirty linen in public.

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