Definition for LIN'EN

LIN'EN, a. [L. lineus.]

  1. Made of flax or hemp; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
  2. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale. – Shak. Fossil-linen, a kind of amianth, with soft, parallel, flexible fibers. – Encyc.

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