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  • 41flax-comb — flaxˈ comb noun A toothed instrument or hackle for cleaning the fibres of flax • • • Main Entry: ↑flax …

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  • 42flax-dresser — flaxˈ dresser noun A person who prepares flax for the spinner by the successive processes of rippling, retting, grassing, breaking, and scutching • • • Main Entry: ↑flax …

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  • 43flax-mill — flaxˈ mill noun A mill for making flax into linen • • • Main Entry: ↑flax …

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  • 44flax-wench — flaxˈ wench noun (historical) A woman or girl who spins flax • • • Main Entry: ↑flax …

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  • 45flax drop — flax drop, = flax dodder. (Cf. ↑flax dodder) …

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  • 46flax plant — flax plant, 1. = flax. (Cf. ↑flax) 2. = flaxbush. (Cf. ↑flaxbush) …

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  • 47Flax-plant — n. (Bot.) A plant in new Zealand ({Phormium tenax}), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 48Flax Hall Primary School — was a primary school located in Sedgley, West Midlands, England. It was built in the 1950s in Eve Lane on the border with Dudley to serve a newly completed council housing estate which was developed on adjoining farmland. Falling numbers on the… …

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  • 49Flax und Krümel — ist eine Puppenspiel Fernsehserie für Kinder aus der Feder von Heinz Fülfe und seiner Ehefrau Ingeburg, die zwischen 1955 und 1970 im Fernsehen der DDR ausgestrahlt wurde. Sie war die erste Serie im deutschsprachigen Fernsehen, die ausschließlich …

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  • 50flax|seed — «FLAKS SEED», noun. the seed of flax; linseed, used to make linseed oil and in medicine …

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