linen

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. thread, yarn, string
3. Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
   uncountable
4. Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.
   countable
5. A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.
   countable, uncountable
6. edge of something sharp
7. crosshair, reticule
8. ellipsis of hilo de oro, type of stinging jellyfish in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Equivalents

Examples

“Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.”

“She put⟳ the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.”

“But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook,[…].”

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