Soft, flexible fiber derived from the bast of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum)
A plant with blue flowers which is cultivated for its edible seeds and for its fibers that are used to make cloth.
1 Hemp and flax seemed to work particularly well, though hemp was rougher.
2 It was the best flax I ever had, in the first place.
3 Much ado to get in the rye, and the flax half spoiled.
4 It was in grains, about the size and shape of flax seed.
5 The Cyclopes returned with large quantities of tow-shortfibers of carded flax .
6 The flax was raised on the place, and so were the sheep.
7 There are three species of pupuharakeke or flax snails in New Zealand.
8 They sat outside the bath house and picked the flax to pieces.
9 Linen.-Linenconsists of certain woody fibres of the stem of the flax .
10 He undid the blanket, carefully untying every knot and keeping the flax .
11 He does not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax .
12 The bruised reed he will not break, nor quench the smoking flax .
13 He would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax .
14 Both these articles of attire are always made of the native flax .
15 The flax thread was made first into linen, and then into lace.
16 The flax , Mother would mass upon her distaff and spin into threads.
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