Definition for LIN'EN
LIN'EDLIN'EN
LIN'EN, a. [L. lineus.]
- Made of flax or hemp; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
- Resembling linen cloth; white; pale. – Shak.
Fossil-linen, a kind of amianth, with soft, parallel, flexible fibers. – Encyc.
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