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linseed [lin-seed] ExamplesWord Origin noun

flaxseed.

Origin of linseed before 1000; Middle English linsed, Old English līnsǣd. See line1, seed Examples from the Web for linseed Historical Examples of linseed

A little spirit of turpentine, or linseed oil, mixed with lime water, if kept constantly to the part will remove the pain.

The Cook and Housekeeper’s Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,

Mary Eaton

For a bad cold take a large tea-cupful of linseed, two pennyworth of stick liquorice, and a quarter of a pound of sun raisins.

The Cook and Housekeeper’s Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,

Mary Eaton

This oil is also used as a substitute for linseed oil and in soap-making.

Manual of American Grape-Growing

U. P. Hedrick

Linseed and cotton-seed cake may probably be substituted for it in this country.

Cattle and Their Diseases

Robert Jennings

This wax is made of equal parts of tallow, beeswax, and linseed oil.

Agriculture for Beginners

Charles William Burkett

British Dictionary definitions for linseed linseed noun

another name for flaxseed

Word Origin for linseed Old English līnsǣd, from līn flax + sǣd seed Word Origin and History for linseed n.

Old English linsæd “seed of flax,” widely regarded in ancient times as a source of medical treatments, from lin “flax” (see linen) + sæd “seed” (see seed).