flaxenadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈflaksn/, U.S.

/ˈflæks(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s flaxan, 1500s, 1700s flaxon, 1600s flexen, flexon, 1500s– flaxen.

Etymology: < flax n. + -en suffix⁴.

A. adj.

1. Consisting or made of flax.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > flax, hemp, or jute > [adjective] > made of

hempena1398

flaxen1521

flaxy1634

1521 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 119 Item a flaxan shet.

1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. i. 700 He shall..lie in a good flaxon sheete.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. i. 3 The toile made of Cumes Flaxen cords, are so strong, that the wild Bore falling into it, will bee caught.

1660 T. Blount Boscobel 41 His Majesty..put off his course shirt and put on a flexen one.

1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. Introd. 52 The best Materials for making Ligatures are the Flaxen Thread that Shoe~makers use.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 405 A patent for spinning a flaxen thread.

1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) iIntrod. p. xvi Fine unmixed flaxen linen.

†a. ? Of the colour of the flax-flower; azure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > deep blue

flaxen1605

mazarine1684

cyaneous1688

ultramarine1781

powder blue1789

smalt-blue1801

gentian1836

cobalt1849

night-blue1858

lazuline1877

smalt1880

1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. F1 Like Eagles they shall cut the flaxen ayre.

b. Of the colour of dressed flax: chiefly in reference to the hair. †flaxen wheat (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of

flaxen wheat?1523

whole wheat1527

tiphe1578

Lammas-wheat1594

frumenty1600

Lammas1677

creeping wheat1819

mummy wheat1842

dinkel1866

marquis1906

durum1908

the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > pale yellow

gull13..

flaxen?1523

palew1547

straw-coloured1585

branlie1589

straw colour1589

flaxy1634

festucine1646

sulphureous1656

flaxenish1661

butter colour1665

strawy1668

straw-yellow1794

bombycinous1796

sulphur-coloured1811

sherry-yellow1813

sulphur-yellow1816

bombasic1825

straw1842

wax-coloured1842

stramineous1845

maize-coloured1852

daffodil1855

daw1856

flax1873

sherry-coloured1875

mastic1890

sulpho-chromic1895

ochroid1897

wheat-coloured1898

sulphurous1899

sulphury1900

tea rose1900

straw-pale1922

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of wheat grain or plant

spelta1000

farc1420

ador?1440

flaxen wheat?1523

Peak-wheat?1523

red wheat?1523

white wheat?1523

duck-bill wheat1553

zea1562

alica1565

buck1577

amelcorn1578

horse-flower1578

tiphe1578

pollard1580

rivet1580

Saracen's corn1585

French wheat1593

Lammas-wheat1594

starch corn1597

St. Peter's corn1597

frumenty1600

secourgeon1600

polwheat1601

duck-wheat1611

kidneys of wheat1611

ograve wheat1616

soft wheat1640

cone-wheat1677

Lammas1677

Poland wheat1686

Saracen corn1687

pole rivet1707

Smyrna wheat1735

hard wheat1757

hen corn1765

velvet wheat1771

white straw1771

nonpareil1805

thick-set wheat1808

cone1826

farro1828

Polish wheat1832

velvet-ear wheat1837

sarrasin1840

mummy wheat1842

snowdrop1844

Red Fife1857

flint-wheat1859

dinkel1866

thick-set1875

spring1884

macaroni wheat1901

einkorn1904

marquis1906

durum1908

emmer1908

hedgehog wheat1909

speltoid1939

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xviii^v Flaxen whete hath a yelowe eyre.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 194 All flaxen was his pole.

1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xvii. 551 That kind of Wheat which amongst the English is called Flaxen-wheat, being as white or whiter than the finest Flax.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. ii. 557 Leland commends Guithera..for a faire flaxen haire.

1720 J. Gay Trivia iii, in Poems I. 185 Nor is thy flaxen wigg with safety worn.

1810 Sporting Mag. 36 182 He [the sick horse] had a white mouth and a flaxen tongue.

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. i. 13 That..drooping head, with its wealth of showering flaxen curls.

3. Of or pertaining to flax as a commercial product.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > flax, hemp, or jute > [adjective]

flaxen1707

linous1715

1707 London Gaz. No. 4383/1 The Hempen and Flaxen Manufacture.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 103 Who tends the culture of the flaxen reed.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 405 The flaxen trades of the United Kingdom.

†B. n.

Material made of flax; linen; a linen-cloth. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen

linea700

flaxc897

linclothc1290

linen1362

flaxen1520

1520 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1860) II. 8 A bordecloth of flaxen to be an alter cloth.

1599 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 250 One diaper table cloathe; one of flaxen.

1672 J. Lacy Dumb Lady ii. i. 26 I'l see you buried in the flaxon your Grandam spun her self.

1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 16 Flaxens..made of the same Flax as the former.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

flaxen-haired adj.

ΚΠ

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 293 The people generally are..flaxen haired.

1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. ii. 137 An Angel..Like a flaxen-hairèd child.

flaxen-headed adj.

flaxen-wigged adj.

C2.

Categories »

flaxen-egg n. dialect ‘an abortive egg’ (Halliwell).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flaxen
释义	flaxenadj.n. Brit. /ˈflaksn/, U.S. /ˈflæks(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s flaxan, 1500s, 1700s flaxon, 1600s flexen, flexon, 1500s– flaxen. Etymology: < flax n. + -en suffix⁴. A. adj. 1. Consisting or made of flax. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > flax, hemp, or jute > [adjective] > made of hempena1398 flaxen1521 flaxy1634 1521 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 119 Item a flaxan shet. 1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. i. 700 He shall..lie in a good flaxon sheete. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. i. 3 The toile made of Cumes Flaxen cords, are so strong, that the wild Bore falling into it, will bee caught. 1660 T. Blount Boscobel 41 His Majesty..put off his course shirt and put on a flexen one. 1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. Introd. 52 The best Materials for making Ligatures are the Flaxen Thread that Shoe~makers use. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 405 A patent for spinning a flaxen thread. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) iIntrod. p. xvi Fine unmixed flaxen linen. 2. †a. ? Of the colour of the flax-flower; azure. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > deep blue flaxen1605 mazarine1684 cyaneous1688 ultramarine1781 powder blue1789 smalt-blue1801 gentian1836 cobalt1849 night-blue1858 lazuline1877 smalt1880 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. F1 Like Eagles they shall cut the flaxen ayre. b. Of the colour of dressed flax: chiefly in reference to the hair. †flaxen wheat (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of flaxen wheat?1523 whole wheat1527 tiphe1578 Lammas-wheat1594 frumenty1600 Lammas1677 creeping wheat1819 mummy wheat1842 dinkel1866 marquis1906 durum1908 the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > pale yellow gull13.. flaxen?1523 palew1547 straw-coloured1585 branlie1589 straw colour1589 flaxy1634 festucine1646 sulphureous1656 flaxenish1661 butter colour1665 strawy1668 straw-yellow1794 bombycinous1796 sulphur-coloured1811 sherry-yellow1813 sulphur-yellow1816 bombasic1825 straw1842 wax-coloured1842 stramineous1845 maize-coloured1852 daffodil1855 daw1856 flax1873 sherry-coloured1875 mastic1890 sulpho-chromic1895 ochroid1897 wheat-coloured1898 sulphurous1899 sulphury1900 tea rose1900 straw-pale1922 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of wheat grain or plant spelta1000 farc1420 ador?1440 flaxen wheat?1523 Peak-wheat?1523 red wheat?1523 white wheat?1523 duck-bill wheat1553 zea1562 alica1565 buck1577 amelcorn1578 horse-flower1578 tiphe1578 pollard1580 rivet1580 Saracen's corn1585 French wheat1593 Lammas-wheat1594 starch corn1597 St. Peter's corn1597 frumenty1600 secourgeon1600 polwheat1601 duck-wheat1611 kidneys of wheat1611 ograve wheat1616 soft wheat1640 cone-wheat1677 Lammas1677 Poland wheat1686 Saracen corn1687 pole rivet1707 Smyrna wheat1735 hard wheat1757 hen corn1765 velvet wheat1771 white straw1771 nonpareil1805 thick-set wheat1808 cone1826 farro1828 Polish wheat1832 velvet-ear wheat1837 sarrasin1840 mummy wheat1842 snowdrop1844 Red Fife1857 flint-wheat1859 dinkel1866 thick-set1875 spring1884 macaroni wheat1901 einkorn1904 marquis1906 durum1908 emmer1908 hedgehog wheat1909 speltoid1939 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xviii^v Flaxen whete hath a yelowe eyre. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 194 All flaxen was his pole. View more context for this quotation 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xvii. 551 That kind of Wheat which amongst the English is called Flaxen-wheat, being as white or whiter than the finest Flax. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. ii. 557 Leland commends Guithera..for a faire flaxen haire. 1720 J. Gay Trivia iii, in Poems I. 185 Nor is thy flaxen wigg with safety worn. 1810 Sporting Mag. 36 182 He [the sick horse] had a white mouth and a flaxen tongue. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. i. 13 That..drooping head, with its wealth of showering flaxen curls. 3. Of or pertaining to flax as a commercial product. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > flax, hemp, or jute > [adjective] flaxen1707 linous1715 1707 London Gaz. No. 4383/1 The Hempen and Flaxen Manufacture. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 103 Who tends the culture of the flaxen reed. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 405 The flaxen trades of the United Kingdom. †B. n. Material made of flax; linen; a linen-cloth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen linea700 flaxc897 linclothc1290 linen1362 flaxen1520 1520 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1860) II. 8 A bordecloth of flaxen to be an alter cloth. 1599 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 250 One diaper table cloathe; one of flaxen. 1672 J. Lacy Dumb Lady ii. i. 26 I'l see you buried in the flaxon your Grandam spun her self. 1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 16 Flaxens..made of the same Flax as the former. Compounds C1. General attributive. flaxen-haired adj. ΚΠ 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 293 The people generally are..flaxen haired. 1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. ii. 137 An Angel..Like a flaxen-hairèd child. flaxen-headed adj. flaxen-wigged adj. C2. Categories » flaxen-egg n. dialect ‘an abortive egg’ (Halliwell). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flaxenv. Brit. /ˈflaksn/, U.S. /ˈflæks(ə)n/ Etymology: Compare flax v. 2. dialect. (See quot. 1881). ΚΠ 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Flaxen, to beat, thrash. ‘Ah followed 'im up, an' flaxened him well.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1520v.1881
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flaxenadj.n.

Compounds

flaxenv.