linseed
Americannoun
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linseeds
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of linseed
before 1000; Middle English linsed, Old English līnsǣd. See line 1, seed
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The company Forbo has a low-carbon linoleum range called Marmoleum that uses the traditional ingredients like linseed oil, and sometimes adds ingredients like cocoa shells.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
Taking a bottle of powdered cadmium sulfide pigment off a shelf, she mixed it with linseed oil and then brushed it on microscope slides to dry.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
Natural oils such as tung and linseed are delicious food for mildew and algae.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
Remove all of the sanding dust and you’re ready to refinish, with linseed oil or whatever you want.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
In Sugarcandy Mountain it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
Flax is still grown commercially in the UK to produce linseeds, which you can eat, and linseed oil, which is used as a wood treatment and in paint.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2021
He inherited Strauss & Co. from his father, built it up into one of London's five biggest commodity houses, doing an extensive business in castor seeds, linseeds, peanuts.
From Time Magazine Archive
The price of castor seeds and linseeds, in which the company was also short, had fluctuated violently.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rape-seeds closely resemble linseeds in composition, but they are considerably cheaper.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
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