linin
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of linin
C19: from Latin līnum flax + -in
Example Sentences
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Whatever chemical forces may have accomplished, they never could have combined different bodies into linin, centrosomes, chromosomes, etc., which, as we have seen, are the basis of cell life.
From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn
One split segment and a part of another connected by bands of linin.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Nettie Maria Stevens
I put my hand into the pocket where it had been and there was a hole right through the linin'.
From The Postmaster by Joseph C. Lincoln
What appear to be threads of a faintly staining material, the linin, traverse it in every direction and form an apparent network.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. Guyer
This material is called linin, by which name we shall hereafter refer to it.
From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn
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