linseed

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The oil is linseed, and the nets are soaked in it before they are tanned by the cutch.

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  • As oxidation of chia seed is minimal to non-existent, it holds excellent potential within the food industry compared to other alpha-linolenic fatty acid sources, such as linseed, which exhibits rapid decomposition due to lack of antioxidants. —  Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
  • Winter linseed is emerging well and unlike rape appears not to be the slugs favourite snack. —  FWi - All News
  • Some linseed is likely to start flowering next week, while other crops have only recently emerged. —  FWi - All News
  • Should the purging continue, however, it is best treated by giving demulcent drinks--linseed tea and oatmeal or wheat-flour gruel. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • The oil is linseed, and the nets are soaked in it before they are tanned by the cutch. —  Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"
 

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  1. Middle English linsed, from Old English līnsǣd : līn, flax (from Latin līnum; see librevema.gifno- in Indo-European roots) + sǣd, seed; see seed.

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  1. Formerly also lintseed; from Middle English linseede, linsede, lynesede, from Anglo-Saxon līnsæd, flax-seed, from līn, flax, + sæ¯d, seed: see line and seed.
 

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/ˈlɪnsid/
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