Linseed Definition

lĭnsēd
noun
The seed of flax; flaxseed.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Linseed

Noun

Singular:
linseed
Plural:
linseeds

Origin of Linseed

  • Middle English linsed from Old English līnsǣd līn flax (from Latin līnum lī̆no- in Indo-European roots) sǣd seed seed

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English lÄ«nsÇ£d (“seed of flax"), from lÄ«n (“flax") + sÇ£d (“seed")

    From Wiktionary

Linseed Sentence Examples

  • Flax, linseed, corn and timber are the leading articles of commerce.

  • The area under wheat in 1901 was 8,351,843 acres; Indian corn, 3,102,140 acres; linseed, 1,512,340 acres; alfalfa, 3,088,929 acres.

  • The principal crops in addition to wheat are oats, barley, maize, linseed and bird seed.

  • Linseed and other oil-bearing grains are also important articles of commerce, as well as wool and butter.

  • An active trade is carried on with Austria, especially through the Isakovets and Gusyatin custom-houses, corn, cattle, horses, skins, wool, linseed and hemp seed being exported, in exchange for wooden wares, linen, woollen stuffs, cotton, glass and agricultural implements.

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