linenadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈlɪnɪn/, U.S.

/ˈlɪnᵻn/

Forms: Old English línen, Old English–1700s linnen, Middle English–1600s lynnen, (Middle English linn, linin, Middle English lenyne, Middle English lynand), Middle English–1500s lyn(n)yn(e, (Middle English lynyng), Middle English–1500s lynen, lynine, lynon, 1500s–1600s li-, lyn(n)ing, -yng(e, Middle English– linen.

Etymology: Old English línen , lnnen = Old Frisian linnen (Dutch linnen ), Old Saxon and Old High German lînîn (German leinen ) < Old Germanic type *lînîno- < *lîno^m flax: see line n.¹ and -en suffix⁴.

A. adj.

Made of flax. In modern English apprehended chiefly as an attributive use of the noun, with the sense: Made of linen. †linen wings = sails.

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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 > [adjective] > linen

linena700

lintearious1656

a700 Epinal Gloss. 1081 Linnin ryhae.

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xiv. 82 Ðæt hrægl wæs beboden ðæt sceolde bion geworht of..twispunnenum twine linenum.

c1160 Hatton Gosp. John xix. 40 Hyo..be-wunden hine mid linene claðe.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 214 Nest flesch ne schal nan werien linnene clað.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8962 Þis gode mold..gurde aboute hire middel a uair linne [v.r. linnene] ssete.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 236 Linene kertel erþan hi by huyte ueleziþe him be-houeþ þet he by ybeate and y-wesse.

1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. i. 1 She kevered it lappyng [it] in a clene lynnen clothe.

1466 Paston Lett. II. 270 For grey lynen cloth and sylk frenge for the hers.

c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 59 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 151 Lenyne clath he oysit ay.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 422 Thai..lynyng [1489 Adv. lynnyn] clothis had, but mair.

a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 207 I se him want ane sark, I reid ȝow, cummer, tak in ȝour lynning clais.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xliv. 18 They shal haue fayre lynnynge bonettes vpon their heades.

1571 E. Grindal Iniunctions Prouince of Yorke §4. sig. B.iij A comely and decent table,..with a faire linen clothe to lay vpon the same.

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sir John van Olden Barnavelt (1980) v. iii. 2913 Who vnbard the Havens, that the floating Merchant might clap his lynnen wings vp to the windes.

1660 S. Pepys Diary 24 May (1970) I. 156 Up, and made myself as fine as I could with the Linning stockings and wide Canons.

1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads ii. 485 A linen armour he wore on his breast.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. iii. §8. 474/1 Sextus [I]..ordered..that Priests should minister in Linnen Surplices.

1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 88 Our Returns are chiefly in Linnen and Linnen Yarn.

1759 J. Grainger tr. Tibullus Elegies i. v. 17 And I nine Times, in linnen garbs array'd, In silent Night, nine Times to Trivia pray'd.

1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 328 Some persons..washed their children with cold water by means of a linen cloth.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Linen-yarn, spun flax.

B. n.

a. Cloth woven from flax.The explanation ‘cloth woven from flax or hemp’, given by Johnson and copied in most subsequent dictionaries, appears to be a mere blunder, founded on occasional loose uses (cf. B. 3).

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linea700

flaxc897

linclothc1290

linen1362

flaxen1520

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. i. 3 A louely ladi on leor In linnene I-cloþed.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 219 Wollewebsteres and weueres of lynnen.

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 935 Looke þer be blanket cotyn or lynyn to wipe þe neþur ende.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 50 In þis same tyme was Linus pope, whech ordeyned þat women schuld with lynand cure her heer.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxiii. sig. h.iiii^v She neuer ware lynon, by day or by nyght.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. ii. 18 The childe was gyrded with an ouer body cote of lynnen.

1557 Bible (Whittingham) Luke xvi. 19 There was a certayne ryche man w^e was clothed in purple and fyne lynnen.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 93 Of linnine lykwyse thay maid wyd sarkis.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. §10 That other precept was made against wearing a garment of linnen and woollen, because [etc.].

1695 London Gaz. No. 3099/2 An Act for Burying in Scotch Linnen.

?1750 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 2) 72 Apply a Suppository of Linnen.

1768 D. Hume Balance of Trade in Ess. xxvii. 194 A tax on German linen encourages home manufactures.

1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 309 Large quantities..are..exported..in an unbleached state; that is, under the name of brown linen, or green linen.

1843 T. Hood Song of Shirt iv It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives!

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 85 For thine Fares richly, in fine linen.

1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Linen, cloth made from flax or tow.

1899 Daily News 16 Jan. 3/4 An article described as linen which was partially made of cotton.

b. plural. Various kinds of linen; linen goods.

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linens1748

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. x. 238 The cottons from the Coromendel coast, make the European linnens nearly useless.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1158 An assortment of unbleached linens.

1892 Daily News 30 Apr. 2/7 Dress linens keep firm in price.

†c. fossil linen: a kind of asbestos. (Cf. line n.¹ 1a and flax n. 5b) Obsolete.

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > amphibole (double chain) > [noun] > asbestos

quick-line1601

asbestos1608

earth flax1649

thrum-stone1681

fossil linen1797

cork-fossil1806

fossil cork1859

mountain-cork1859

rock-cork1859

byssus1864

1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 83/2 Fossile Linen is a kind of amianthus, which consists of flexible, parallel, soft fibres,..celebrated for the uses to which it has been applied, of being woven, and forming an incombustible cloth.

a. Something made of linen; a linen garment. Obsolete in singular; the plural is found in Scottish writers.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > flax or hemp > linen > article of

chaiselc1320

lawn?a1505

linen1566

1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 137 All the Reste off the lenyns that belong to the papishe priste.

1724 R. Wodrow Life J. Wodrow (1828) 57 Her friend went into another room and put on clean linens.

1773 S. Johnson Let. 6 Sept. (1992) II. 67 A very decent girl in a printed linen.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. ii. 184 A little bag, wherein were my linens and some books.

1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 147 Dressed in..preternaturally unsullied linens, and a short sheepskin.

†b. plural. The sails of a ship (cf. linen wings at sense A.).

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > collectively

sailc1385

canvas1609

linensa1640

cloth1651

white wings1778

clothing1798

muslin1822

sailage1889

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sea Voy. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaa/1 Farle up all her Linnens, and let her ride it out.

3. collective.

a. Garments or other articles made of linen; often by extension applied to garments normally or originally made of linen, even when other materials are actually used. Often spec. = undergarments, e.g. shirts; also = bed-linen, table-linen. to wash one's dirty linen at home: to say nothing in public about family affairs, disputes, or scandals. to wash one's dirty linen in public: to discuss an essentially private matter, esp. a dispute or scandal, in public.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun]

linenc1330

napery1598

small clothes1625

linings1631

unders1731

underdress1788

unmentionable1791

unexpressible1810

underclothes1824

underclothing1835

unmentionabilities1840

underthings1864

underwear1872

under-gear1883

innerwear1904

scanty1928

smalls1934

long john1941

skivvy1945

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > other

linenc1330

rubberwear1873

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > flax or hemp > linen

linea700

linenc1330

lingerie1835

snowy1877

linenc1330

housewife's cloth1567

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 334 Alle þei fled on rowe, in lynen white as milke.

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 876 Wayte hys lynnyn þat hit be clene.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxi. 466 Lady, aryse, and fette hym suche linnen as he nedeth.

1552 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 140 All my lynnen except my too best shirts.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. ii. 35 In any case let Thisby haue cleane linnen .

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. D3^v He and the Duchesse, By night meete in their linnen.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 449 My Linnen, Letters, and Sacket was lying in my hostery.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iii. 61 Lets go to that house, for the linnen looks white, and smels of Lavender.

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love ii. i. 30 Miss Pru. I'm resolv'd I won't let Nurse put any more Lavender among my Smocks—ha, Cousin? Frail. Fie, Miss; amongst your Linnen, you must say—You must never say Smock.

1702 London Gaz. No. 3809/5 A Party of 30 of Paul Diack's Hussars..took away the Linnen that was hanged out to dry upon the Palisades.

1731 Ld. Bathurst Let. 19 Apr. in J. Swift Wks. (1841) II. 649 Washing your linen and mending it, darning your stockings, &c.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 162 He..bespoke a suit of clothes. He bought new linen.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 98 And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep, In blanched linen, smooth, and lavender'd.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxvi. 182 Take our dirty linen on shore.

1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xliv. 2 There is nothing..so bad as washing one's dirty linen in public.

1877 R. J. More Under Balkans xv. 216 The parents of the bride gave a present of homespun linen to the godfather and godmother.

1895 Globe 23 May 1 People who ought to wash their dirty linen at home will not be satisfied with a less public laundry than Piccadilly.

1931 Times 3 Aug. 9/1 If the Government had made tactful..representations..to the Holy See,..the whole matter could have been quietly settled without any washing of dirty linen in public.

1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night iv. 80 Even if the poison campaign led to no open disaster..a washing of dirty linen in public was not calculated to do Shrewsbury [College] any good.

1972 Daily Tel. 3 May 16 I know it is not done to wash dirty medical linen in public.

†b. A piece or pieces of linen, esp. strips of linen for use as bandages. In plural graveclothes. Obsolete.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > laying or wrapping in shroud > grave-clothes

grave-clothes1535

burial-clothes1570

linena1616

dead-dress1854

dead-clothes1861

linena1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 73 Mist. Ford. Go, go, sweet Sir Iohn: Mistriis Page and I will looke some linnen for your head.

1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 104 In a single Linnen [he] laid his honour'd head.

1653 S. Mewce Let. in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 9 Lynnen to dresse the wounded men was required.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. viii. 111 The Family..gave out that he died..got him washed and laid Linens..handsomly about him.

1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 121 The linnen that wrapped his body in one place, and the linnen that bound his head in another.

1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 38 They were some of the Linnings in which Christ was wrapped.

1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 279 Blest be the hour she cool'd in her linnens.

c. Abbreviation of linen-draper n. b.

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society > communication > journalism > journal > newspaper > [noun]

intelligencer1598

courant1621

coranto1624

paper1642

mercury1643

newsletter1665

newspaper1667

slip1688

raga1734

news1738

gazetteer1742

sheet1754

news sheet1841

spread1848

linen-draper1857

newsprint1897

blat1932

linen1955

mimeo newspaper1973

1955 J. Phelan Tramping the Toby 223 Linen, a newspaper.

1962 R. Cook Crust on its Uppers i. 21 Everything they've ever read in a linen or a clever-clever book.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations:

a. Simple attributive.

linen-closet n.

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1885 W. H. White Mark Rutherford's Deliv. iii. 41 She cared nothing for the linen-closet, the spotless bed~hangings,..the true household gods of the respectable women of those days.

1955 W. Tucker Wild Talent xiv. 181 The butler..saw Paul's questioning glance at the other two doors. ‘The nearest one is a linen closet, sir,’ he said.

† linen-loom n. Obsolete

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > weaving other types of fabric > loom or machine for

linen-loom1404

osset loom1543

traverse-warp machine1826

gauze-loom1858

braider1874

braiding-machine1874

velvet-loom1875

leno loom1964

broad-silk-

1404 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 22 Item, j. lynyn lome.

1468 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 133 Unum lynnen-lome.

linen-manufacture n.

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1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 382 A great hearing at councill between the islands of Jersey and Guernsey and the linnen manufacture corporation.

linen-paper n.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > paper made from cloth

rag paper1727

linen-paper1738

cotton paper1752

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Paper Linnen or European Paper, is chiefly made of linnen rags beaten to a pulp.

1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 17 About the twelfth century linen paper came to be substituted.

linen-room n.

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1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth 33 Aunt Maria..said it was her day for seeing the linen-room.

linen-tape n.

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1873 Young Englishwoman Mar. 150/2 A piece of linen tape..keeps the buttons securely in place.

1880 E. Glaister Needlework v. 49 The letters are made in linen tape, unbleached, the yellower the better.

linen-thread n.

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1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 321/1 Marshall's Linen Thread (100 yd. spools, black only).

1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Dec. 5/2 The whole front is a mass of hand embroidery done in heavy linen-thread.

1975 Times 6 Mar. 7/6 The greatest problem with owning old lace is getting it repaired... An added problem is the difficulty of obtaining the hair-fine linen thread.

linen-work n.

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1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. iii. 14 He made a vayle also of Yalow Sylke, scarlet, purple, lynenworke.

b. Objective.

(a)

linen-keeper n.

ΚΠ

1903 N.E.D. at Linen Mod. Advt., Required, Position as Housekeeper, Linen~keeper, Matron, or Lady-Help.

linen-printer n.

ΚΠ

1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 99 The prisoners were linen-printers.

linen-stainer n.

ΚΠ

1775 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 119 I think there is a particular occupation in Europe, called a paper-stainer or linen-stainer.

linen-weaver n.

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tapenera1400

line-weaver1415

linen-weaver1474

sayman1488

say weaver1565

silk-weaver1572

narrow weaver1594

say maker1611

linen-webster1642

broad-weaver-

1474 Patent Roll, 14 Edward IV 22 Nov. (P.R.O.: C 66/534) m. 13 Auerus Dawe de Wilton in com. Wiltes. lynnenweuer.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. iv. C The kynred of y^e lynnenweuers in y^e house of Aszbea.

1708 London Gaz. No. 4409/4 Thomas Tuttle, a Linen-Weaver.

† linen-webster n. Obsolete

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tapenera1400

line-weaver1415

linen-weaver1474

sayman1488

say weaver1565

silk-weaver1572

narrow weaver1594

say maker1611

linen-webster1642

broad-weaver-

1642 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 680 Richard Parcivall of Kirkman-Shalme in the said County of Lancaster, Linen-Webster.

1720 London Gaz. No. 5889/4 George Malton, late of Woodkirk, Linnen-webster.

(b)

linen-darning n.

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1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 88 An old harden sheet or apron is invaluable as practice for teaching linen darning and patching.

(c)

linen-making adj.

linen-wearing adj.

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1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1816) III. iv. 49 Linnin-wearing bishops.

c. Instrumental and parasynthetic.

linen-fitted adj.

ΚΠ

1896 Westm. Gaz. 8 Oct. 3/2 Woman..has purloined for her own use..the linen-fitted flannel shirt.

linen-suited adj.

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1762 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 185/1 A limpid stream..Where linnen-suited Sal for water goes.

linen-vestured adj.

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1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 30 The linen-vestured race, Hold her in deepest reverence.

C2. Special combinations.

† linen ball n. Obsolete some instrument of torture (cf. lawn n.¹ 3b).

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society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > linen ball

lawna1593

linen ball1630

1630 Pathomachia iii. iv. 29 Vnlesse thou confesse..the Spanish Strappado, Linnen Ball, and Peare of Confession shall torment thee.

linen basket n. a receptacle for dirty clothing.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > bag or basket for washing

buck-basket1602

voider1707

clothes-basketa1806

bucking-basket1822

wash-basket1881

laundry bag1895

linen basket1907

washing basket1947

Ali Baba1978

1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 125/3 Linen baskets. Barrel shape, buff wicker.

1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard viii. 239 He used his shirt to wipe his damp armpits, then threw it out on to the linen basket.

linen crash n. = crash n.² 1.

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linsey1435

buckram1436

osnaburg1448

straiken1531

noggen1564

barras1640

Ticklenburgs1696

treillis1706

rough1784

toile de Leon1794

crash1812

Forfars1882

linen crash1895

1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 24/2 Linen crash or toweling.

1904 Sci. Amer. 21 May 409/3 The complainant, a manufacturer of linen crash, had adopted as a trade-mark the words ‘Stevens Crash’.

linen cupboard n. a cupboard designed to hold bed-linen and table-linen; also, the contents of such a cupboard.

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1873 Young Englishwoman Mar. 155/1 The plain, economical housewife would do well to follow ‘Myra's’ plan of her linen-cupboard.

1939 A. Thirkell Brandons ix. 234 She let Miss Morris help Nurse..to go through the linen cupboard and mark some new sheets.

1972 ‘P. Ruell’ Red Christmas v. 48 The linen cupboard was, forecastably, full of linen. It was more of a room than a cupboard.

linen-decency n. (see quot.).Apparently an isolated use.

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1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 36 I fear yet this iron yoke of outward conformity hath left a slavish print upon our necks; the ghost of a linnen decency yet haunts us.

1850 E. P. Whipple Ess. & Rev. (ed. 3) II. 12 All the conventional proprieties and linen decencies of language, he would find continually violated.

linen duster n. a duster (see duster n. 4a) made of linen.

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1867 Galaxy III. 635 His cloak..or linen duster..serves as a cover to hide the manipulations of his agile fingers.

1886 C. D. Warner Their Pilgrimage (1888) xv. 327 The passengers..appeared to take the matter seriously—a sort of linen-duster congregation.

1949 Chicago Daily News 11 Feb. 21/3 Grandma was a fashion plate in her smart linen duster for Sunday motoring.

linenfold n. carved or moulded ornament, especially on panelling, representing folds or scrolls of linen; = linen-scroll n.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others

popinjay1322

serpent1388

moss-work1600

flame1602

frostwork1631

damask branch1634

mascaron1664

lacework1675

swash1680

branch-work1702

escallop-shella1706

festoon work1712

ovum1728

bricking1760

rising sun1787

ram's horn1842

linen-pattern1845

linen-scroll1854

wheel-rood1862

primal1875

patch ornament1878

tree1879

wheel-cross1882

skeuomorph1889

linenfold1891

taotie1915

boteh1917

pelta1935

starburst1953

quilling1972

towel-pattern-

1891 Trans. Soc. Antiquaries 22 Jan. 225 The panels are ornamented with ‘linen-fold’ patterns.

linen-hall n. a market-hall for the sale of linens.

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society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market building > for specific goods

linen-hall1765

1765 J. Wesley Jrnl. 4 May I preached in the Linen-Hall,..a large square, with piazzas on three sides of it.

1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 167 He..sells it at the linen-hall in Dublin.

linen-horse n. = horse n. 7c.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > frame for hanging washing on to dry

hake1689

horse1706

winter dyke1748

maid1795

clothes-horse1807

winter hedge1812

airer1817

clothes-screen1832

linen-horse1845

maiden1856

maiden maker?1881

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > [noun] > linen-horse

linen-horse1845

1845 R. Cobbold Hist. M. Catchpole II. xxv. 139 The large linen-horses belonging to the gaol stood in the passage.

1888 Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. (rev. ed.) lxx. 1523 Silks..should always be dried in the shade, on a linen-horse.

linen lapper n. (see quot.).

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1893 Labour Commission Gloss. Linen Lappers, men who examine, measure, and fold the linen for the various markets. (Term used in the North of Ireland.)

† linen-lifter n. Obsolete a man given to adultery.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who

horlinga1200

holourc1230

whore-mana1325

putourc1390

putroura1425

whoremastera1425

whoremonger?a1472

putyer1477

whoredomerc1485

holarda1500

whore-keeper1530

mutton-monger1532

smell-smock?1545

stallion1553

woman-louper1568

limb-lifter1579

Lusty Laurence1582

punker1582

wencher1593

womanist1608

belly-bumper1611

sheep-biter1611

stringer1613

fleshmongera1616

hunt-smock1624

whorer1624

womanizer1626

woman errant1628

mongera1637

linen-lifter1652

whorster1654

whorehopper1664

cousin1694

smocker1708

mutton-master1729

woman dangler1850

masher1872

chippy chaser1887

chaser1894

stud1895

molrower1896

skirt-chaser1942

1652 O. Feltham Char. Low Countries (1659) 24 They [Dutchwomen] are not so ready at this play as the English..nor are their Men such linnen-lifters.

† linen-man n. Obsolete a shirt-maker or linen-draper.

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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns

mercerc1230

clothier1362

draper1362

woolman1390

yarn-chopper1429

line-draper1436

Welsh drapera1525

telerc1540

purple-seller1547

linen-draper1549

staplera1552

silkman1553

woollen-draper1554

wool-driver1555

woolster1577

linener1616

woolner1619

linen-man1631

ragman1649

rag merchant1665

slop-seller1665

bodice-seller1672

piece-broker1697

wool-stapler1709

cloth-man1723

Manchester-man1755

fleece-merchanta1774

rag dealer1777

man's mercer1789

keelman1821

man-mercer1837

cotton-broker1849

slopper1854

shoddyite1865

costumier1886

cotton-man1906

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making blouses or shirts > one who

shirtmaker1590

linener1616

linen-man1631

blouse-maker1905

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. iii. 12 in Wks. II O Founder, no such matter, My Spurrier, and my Hatter, My Linnen-man, and my Taylor.

1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East i. ii. sig. C2^v How low a new stamp'd courtier May vaile to..His linnen man, and taylor.

linen-mill n. (see quot.).

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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Mill Linen-Mills don't differ much from Fulling-Mills. Their use is to scower Linens, after having been first cleans'd when taken out of the Lixivium, or Lye.

linen-panel n. one decorated with a linen-scroll.

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1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. I. 270 Lignis undulatis, that is, with undulated or wavy woodwork... The words probably denote what is now termed ‘linen panels’.

linen-pattern n. = linen-scroll n.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others

popinjay1322

serpent1388

moss-work1600

flame1602

frostwork1631

damask branch1634

mascaron1664

lacework1675

swash1680

branch-work1702

escallop-shella1706

festoon work1712

ovum1728

bricking1760

rising sun1787

ram's horn1842

linen-pattern1845

linen-scroll1854

wheel-rood1862

primal1875

patch ornament1878

tree1879

wheel-cross1882

skeuomorph1889

linenfold1891

taotie1915

boteh1917

pelta1935

starburst1953

quilling1972

towel-pattern-

1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 269 One kind of ornament which was introduced towards the end of the Perpendicular style..consists of a series of straight mouldings..so arranged..as to represent the folds of linen; it is usually called the ‘linen pattern’.

linen-press n. a frame or receptacle for pressing or holding linen.

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1851 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) I. xviii. 296 The store-room, the linen-presses, the china-closet,..all went under an awful review.

1970 Canad. Antiques Collector June 4 (advt.) Exceptional Pennsylvania walnut linen-press..Circa 1790.

linen-prover n. a microscope used to determine the fineness of a linen fabric by counting the threads.

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1894 J. N. Maskelyne ‘Sharps & Flats’ 68 The mirror in this case is mounted somewhat after the fashion of a linen-prover.

linen-scroll n. (see quot.).

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others

popinjay1322

serpent1388

moss-work1600

flame1602

frostwork1631

damask branch1634

mascaron1664

lacework1675

swash1680

branch-work1702

escallop-shella1706

festoon work1712

ovum1728

bricking1760

rising sun1787

ram's horn1842

linen-pattern1845

linen-scroll1854

wheel-rood1862

primal1875

patch ornament1878

tree1879

wheel-cross1882

skeuomorph1889

linenfold1891

taotie1915

boteh1917

pelta1935

starburst1953

quilling1972

towel-pattern-

1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Linen-scroll, a peculiar style of decorative ornament, extensively used to fill panels in the latter part of the fifteenth, and during the sixteenth century; so termed from its resemblance to a small napkin folded in close convolutions all over its surface.

linen shower n. [shower n.¹] North American a party at which a bride-to-be is given presents of household linen, etc.

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1904 N.Y. Tribune 27 Oct. 7 The managers of the Home for the Friendless invite the public to a linen shower and reception.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Apr. 8/3 A delightful linen shower was given in honor of Miss Dorothy Woods, Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. B. E. Lefevre.

1974 Evening Herald (Rock Hill, S. Carolina) 18 Apr. 9/4 Hostesses for a linen shower were Mrs. H. D. Long and Mrs. Arthur Snyder.

linen tea n. a tea arranged in order to provide house-linen for a crèche, day nursery, etc.

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1916 Yorks. Post 19 Apr. 4/7 The first crèche which held such a ‘linen tea’... Yesterday's meeting was for the purpose of collecting house linen to furnish the place.

1948 N. Scanlan Rusty Road xvii. 195 A ‘linen tea’ for the bride-elect, and a ‘kitchen tea’ and a ‘China tea’ followed.

† linen-teller n. Obsolete = linen-prover n.

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1797 Miers Fisher in Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. (1798) 5 316 I examined the..skin, with a glass which magnified considerably, and which is known in Ireland by the name of a linen-teller.

† linen-wheel n. Obsolete apparently a kind of sewing machine.

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1638 J. Rous Diary (1856) 85 He [a handless man] tooke three stitches in a cloathe with a linnen~wheele (prepared with a turner's devise for the foote).

1682 in C. W. Manwaring Digest Early Connecticut Probate Rec. (1904) I. 357 She shall have..a linen wheele.

1723 in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1886) Oct. 156 1 Linen Wheel.

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单词	linen
释义	linenadj.n. Brit. /ˈlɪnɪn/, U.S. /ˈlɪnᵻn/ Forms: Old English línen, Old English–1700s linnen, Middle English–1600s lynnen, (Middle English linn, linin, Middle English lenyne, Middle English lynand), Middle English–1500s lyn(n)yn(e, (Middle English lynyng), Middle English–1500s lynen, lynine, lynon, 1500s–1600s li-, lyn(n)ing, -yng(e, Middle English– linen. Etymology: Old English línen , lnnen = Old Frisian linnen (Dutch linnen ), Old Saxon and Old High German lînîn (German leinen ) < Old Germanic type lînîno- < lîno^m flax: see line n.¹ and -en suffix⁴. A. adj. Made of flax. In modern English apprehended chiefly as an attributive use of the noun, with the sense: Made of linen. †linen wings = sails. 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 > [adjective] > linen linena700 lintearious1656 a700 Epinal Gloss. 1081 Linnin ryhae. c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xiv. 82 Ðæt hrægl wæs beboden ðæt sceolde bion geworht of..twispunnenum twine linenum. c1160 Hatton Gosp. John xix. 40 Hyo..be-wunden hine mid linene claðe. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 214 Nest flesch ne schal nan werien linnene clað. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8962 Þis gode mold..gurde aboute hire middel a uair linne [v.r. linnene] ssete. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 236 Linene kertel erþan hi by huyte ueleziþe him be-houeþ þet he by ybeate and y-wesse. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. i. 1 She kevered it lappyng [it] in a clene lynnen clothe. 1466 Paston Lett. II. 270 For grey lynen cloth and sylk frenge for the hers. c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 59 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 151 Lenyne clath he oysit ay. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 422 Thai..lynyng [1489 Adv. lynnyn] clothis had, but mair. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 207 I se him want ane sark, I reid ȝow, cummer, tak in ȝour lynning clais. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xliv. 18 They shal haue fayre lynnynge bonettes vpon their heades. 1571 E. Grindal Iniunctions Prouince of Yorke §4. sig. B.iij A comely and decent table,..with a faire linen clothe to lay vpon the same. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sir John van Olden Barnavelt (1980) v. iii. 2913 Who vnbard the Havens, that the floating Merchant might clap his lynnen wings vp to the windes. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 24 May (1970) I. 156 Up, and made myself as fine as I could with the Linning stockings and wide Canons. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads ii. 485 A linen armour he wore on his breast. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. iii. §8. 474/1 Sextus [I]..ordered..that Priests should minister in Linnen Surplices. 1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 88 Our Returns are chiefly in Linnen and Linnen Yarn. 1759 J. Grainger tr. Tibullus Elegies i. v. 17 And I nine Times, in linnen garbs array'd, In silent Night, nine Times to Trivia pray'd. 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 328 Some persons..washed their children with cold water by means of a linen cloth. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Linen-yarn, spun flax. B. n. 1. a. Cloth woven from flax.The explanation ‘cloth woven from flax or hemp’, given by Johnson and copied in most subsequent dictionaries, appears to be a mere blunder, founded on occasional loose uses (cf. B. 3). 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 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. i. 3 A louely ladi on leor In linnene I-cloþed. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 219 Wollewebsteres and weueres of lynnen. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 935 Looke þer be blanket cotyn or lynyn to wipe þe neþur ende. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 50 In þis same tyme was Linus pope, whech ordeyned þat women schuld with lynand cure her heer. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxiii. sig. h.iiii^v She neuer ware lynon, by day or by nyght. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. ii. 18 The childe was gyrded with an ouer body cote of lynnen. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Luke xvi. 19 There was a certayne ryche man w^e was clothed in purple and fyne lynnen. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 93 Of linnine lykwyse thay maid wyd sarkis. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. §10 That other precept was made against wearing a garment of linnen and woollen, because [etc.]. 1695 London Gaz. No. 3099/2 An Act for Burying in Scotch Linnen. ?1750 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 2) 72 Apply a Suppository of Linnen. 1768 D. Hume Balance of Trade in Ess. xxvii. 194 A tax on German linen encourages home manufactures. 1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 309 Large quantities..are..exported..in an unbleached state; that is, under the name of brown linen, or green linen. 1843 T. Hood Song of Shirt iv It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 85 For thine Fares richly, in fine linen. 1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Linen, cloth made from flax or tow. 1899 Daily News 16 Jan. 3/4 An article described as linen which was partially made of cotton. b. plural. Various kinds of linen; linen goods. 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 > types of linens1748 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. x. 238 The cottons from the Coromendel coast, make the European linnens nearly useless. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1158 An assortment of unbleached linens. 1892 Daily News 30 Apr. 2/7 Dress linens keep firm in price. †c. fossil linen: a kind of asbestos. (Cf. line n.¹ 1a and flax n. 5b) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > amphibole (double chain) > [noun] > asbestos quick-line1601 asbestos1608 earth flax1649 thrum-stone1681 fossil linen1797 cork-fossil1806 fossil cork1859 mountain-cork1859 rock-cork1859 byssus1864 1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 83/2 Fossile Linen is a kind of amianthus, which consists of flexible, parallel, soft fibres,..celebrated for the uses to which it has been applied, of being woven, and forming an incombustible cloth. 2. a. Something made of linen; a linen garment. Obsolete in singular; the plural is found in Scottish writers. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > flax or hemp > linen > article of chaiselc1320 lawn?a1505 linen1566 1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 137 All the Reste off the lenyns that belong to the papishe priste. 1724 R. Wodrow Life J. Wodrow (1828) 57 Her friend went into another room and put on clean linens. 1773 S. Johnson Let. 6 Sept. (1992) II. 67 A very decent girl in a printed linen. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. ii. 184 A little bag, wherein were my linens and some books. 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 147 Dressed in..preternaturally unsullied linens, and a short sheepskin. †b. plural. The sails of a ship (cf. linen wings at sense A.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > collectively sailc1385 canvas1609 linensa1640 cloth1651 white wings1778 clothing1798 muslin1822 sailage1889 a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sea Voy. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaa/1 Farle up all her Linnens, and let her ride it out. 3. collective. a. Garments or other articles made of linen; often by extension applied to garments normally or originally made of linen, even when other materials are actually used. Often spec. = undergarments, e.g. shirts; also = bed-linen, table-linen. to wash one's dirty linen at home: to say nothing in public about family affairs, disputes, or scandals. to wash one's dirty linen in public: to discuss an essentially private matter, esp. a dispute or scandal, in public. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] linenc1330 napery1598 small clothes1625 linings1631 unders1731 underdress1788 unmentionable1791 unexpressible1810 underclothes1824 underclothing1835 unmentionabilities1840 underthings1864 underwear1872 under-gear1883 innerwear1904 scanty1928 smalls1934 long john1941 skivvy1945 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > other linenc1330 rubberwear1873 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > flax or hemp > linen linea700 linenc1330 lingerie1835 snowy1877 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 > articles made of linenc1330 housewife's cloth1567 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 334 Alle þei fled on rowe, in lynen white as milke. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 876 Wayte hys lynnyn þat hit be clene. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxi. 466 Lady, aryse, and fette hym suche linnen as he nedeth. 1552 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 140 All my lynnen except my too best shirts. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. ii. 35 In any case let Thisby haue cleane linnen . View more context for this quotation 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. D3^v He and the Duchesse, By night meete in their linnen. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 449 My Linnen, Letters, and Sacket was lying in my hostery. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iii. 61 Lets go to that house, for the linnen looks white, and smels of Lavender. View more context for this quotation 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love ii. i. 30 Miss Pru. I'm resolv'd I won't let Nurse put any more Lavender among my Smocks—ha, Cousin? Frail. Fie, Miss; amongst your Linnen, you must say—You must never say Smock. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3809/5 A Party of 30 of Paul Diack's Hussars..took away the Linnen that was hanged out to dry upon the Palisades. 1731 Ld. Bathurst Let. 19 Apr. in J. Swift Wks. (1841) II. 649 Washing your linen and mending it, darning your stockings, &c. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 162 He..bespoke a suit of clothes. He bought new linen. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 98 And still she slept an azure-lidded sleep, In blanched linen, smooth, and lavender'd. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxvi. 182 Take our dirty linen on shore. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xliv. 2 There is nothing..so bad as washing one's dirty linen in public. 1877 R. J. More Under Balkans xv. 216 The parents of the bride gave a present of homespun linen to the godfather and godmother. 1895 Globe 23 May 1 People who ought to wash their dirty linen at home will not be satisfied with a less public laundry than Piccadilly. 1931 Times 3 Aug. 9/1 If the Government had made tactful..representations..to the Holy See,..the whole matter could have been quietly settled without any washing of dirty linen in public. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night iv. 80 Even if the poison campaign led to no open disaster..a washing of dirty linen in public was not calculated to do Shrewsbury [College] any good. 1972 Daily Tel. 3 May 16 I know it is not done to wash dirty medical linen in public. †b. A piece or pieces of linen, esp. strips of linen for use as bandages. In plural graveclothes. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > laying or wrapping in shroud > grave-clothes grave-clothes1535 burial-clothes1570 linena1616 dead-dress1854 dead-clothes1861 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 > piece of linena1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 73 Mist. Ford. Go, go, sweet Sir Iohn: Mistriis Page and I will looke some linnen for your head. View more context for this quotation 1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 104 In a single Linnen [he] laid his honour'd head. 1653 S. Mewce Let. in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 9 Lynnen to dresse the wounded men was required. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. viii. 111 The Family..gave out that he died..got him washed and laid Linens..handsomly about him. 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine i. 121 The linnen that wrapped his body in one place, and the linnen that bound his head in another. 1689 Bp. G. Burnet Tracts I. 38 They were some of the Linnings in which Christ was wrapped. 1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 279 Blest be the hour she cool'd in her linnens. c. Abbreviation of linen-draper n. b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > newspaper > [noun] intelligencer1598 courant1621 coranto1624 paper1642 mercury1643 newsletter1665 newspaper1667 slip1688 raga1734 news1738 gazetteer1742 sheet1754 news sheet1841 spread1848 linen-draper1857 newsprint1897 blat1932 linen1955 mimeo newspaper1973 1955 J. Phelan Tramping the Toby 223 Linen, a newspaper. 1962 R. Cook Crust on its Uppers i. 21 Everything they've ever read in a linen or a clever-clever book. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations: a. Simple attributive. linen-closet n. ΚΠ 1885 W. H. White Mark Rutherford's Deliv. iii. 41 She cared nothing for the linen-closet, the spotless bed~hangings,..the true household gods of the respectable women of those days. 1955 W. Tucker Wild Talent xiv. 181 The butler..saw Paul's questioning glance at the other two doors. ‘The nearest one is a linen closet, sir,’ he said. † linen-loom n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > weaving other types of fabric > loom or machine for linen-loom1404 osset loom1543 traverse-warp machine1826 gauze-loom1858 braider1874 braiding-machine1874 velvet-loom1875 leno loom1964 broad-silk- 1404 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 22 Item, j. lynyn lome. 1468 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 133 Unum lynnen-lome. linen-manufacture n. ΚΠ 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 382 A great hearing at councill between the islands of Jersey and Guernsey and the linnen manufacture corporation. linen-paper n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > paper made from cloth rag paper1727 linen-paper1738 cotton paper1752 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Paper Linnen or European Paper, is chiefly made of linnen rags beaten to a pulp. 1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 17 About the twelfth century linen paper came to be substituted. linen-room n. ΚΠ 1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth 33 Aunt Maria..said it was her day for seeing the linen-room. linen-tape n. ΚΠ 1873 Young Englishwoman Mar. 150/2 A piece of linen tape..keeps the buttons securely in place. 1880 E. Glaister Needlework v. 49 The letters are made in linen tape, unbleached, the yellower the better. linen-thread n. ΚΠ 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 321/1 Marshall's Linen Thread (100 yd. spools, black only). 1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Dec. 5/2 The whole front is a mass of hand embroidery done in heavy linen-thread. 1975 Times 6 Mar. 7/6 The greatest problem with owning old lace is getting it repaired... An added problem is the difficulty of obtaining the hair-fine linen thread. linen-work n. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. iii. 14 He made a vayle also of Yalow Sylke, scarlet, purple, lynenworke. b. Objective. (a) linen-keeper n. ΚΠ 1903 N.E.D. at Linen Mod. Advt., Required, Position as Housekeeper, Linen~keeper, Matron, or Lady-Help. linen-printer n. ΚΠ 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 99 The prisoners were linen-printers. linen-stainer n. ΚΠ 1775 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 119 I think there is a particular occupation in Europe, called a paper-stainer or linen-stainer. linen-weaver n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > weaving other types of fabric > one who tapenera1400 line-weaver1415 linen-weaver1474 sayman1488 say weaver1565 silk-weaver1572 narrow weaver1594 say maker1611 linen-webster1642 broad-weaver- 1474 Patent Roll, 14 Edward IV 22 Nov. (P.R.O.: C 66/534) m. 13 Auerus Dawe de Wilton in com. Wiltes. lynnenweuer. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. iv. C The kynred of y^e lynnenweuers in y^e house of Aszbea. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4409/4 Thomas Tuttle, a Linen-Weaver. † linen-webster n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > weaving other types of fabric > one who tapenera1400 line-weaver1415 linen-weaver1474 sayman1488 say weaver1565 silk-weaver1572 narrow weaver1594 say maker1611 linen-webster1642 broad-weaver- 1642 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 680 Richard Parcivall of Kirkman-Shalme in the said County of Lancaster, Linen-Webster. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5889/4 George Malton, late of Woodkirk, Linnen-webster. (b) linen-darning n. ΚΠ 1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 88 An old harden sheet or apron is invaluable as practice for teaching linen darning and patching. (c) linen-making adj. linen-wearing adj. ΚΠ 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1816) III. iv. 49 Linnin-wearing bishops. c. Instrumental and parasynthetic. linen-fitted adj. ΚΠ 1896 Westm. Gaz. 8 Oct. 3/2 Woman..has purloined for her own use..the linen-fitted flannel shirt. linen-suited adj. ΚΠ 1762 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 185/1 A limpid stream..Where linnen-suited Sal for water goes. linen-vestured adj. ΚΠ 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 30 The linen-vestured race, Hold her in deepest reverence. C2. Special combinations. † linen ball n. Obsolete some instrument of torture (cf. lawn n.¹ 3b). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > linen ball lawna1593 linen ball1630 1630 Pathomachia iii. iv. 29 Vnlesse thou confesse..the Spanish Strappado, Linnen Ball, and Peare of Confession shall torment thee. linen basket n. a receptacle for dirty clothing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > bag or basket for washing buck-basket1602 voider1707 clothes-basketa1806 bucking-basket1822 wash-basket1881 laundry bag1895 linen basket1907 washing basket1947 Ali Baba1978 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 125/3 Linen baskets. Barrel shape, buff wicker. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard viii. 239 He used his shirt to wipe his damp armpits, then threw it out on to the linen basket. linen crash n. = crash n.² 1. 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 > types of > coarse linsey1435 buckram1436 osnaburg1448 straiken1531 noggen1564 barras1640 Ticklenburgs1696 treillis1706 rough1784 toile de Leon1794 crash1812 Forfars1882 linen crash1895 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 24/2 Linen crash or toweling. 1904 Sci. Amer. 21 May 409/3 The complainant, a manufacturer of linen crash, had adopted as a trade-mark the words ‘Stevens Crash’. linen cupboard n. a cupboard designed to hold bed-linen and table-linen; also, the contents of such a cupboard. ΚΠ 1873 Young Englishwoman Mar. 155/1 The plain, economical housewife would do well to follow ‘Myra's’ plan of her linen-cupboard. 1939 A. Thirkell Brandons ix. 234 She let Miss Morris help Nurse..to go through the linen cupboard and mark some new sheets. 1972 ‘P. Ruell’ Red Christmas v. 48 The linen cupboard was, forecastably, full of linen. It was more of a room than a cupboard. linen-decency n. (see quot.).Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 36 I fear yet this iron yoke of outward conformity hath left a slavish print upon our necks; the ghost of a linnen decency yet haunts us. 1850 E. P. Whipple Ess. & Rev. (ed. 3) II. 12 All the conventional proprieties and linen decencies of language, he would find continually violated. linen duster n. a duster (see duster n. 4a) made of linen. ΚΠ 1867 Galaxy III. 635 His cloak..or linen duster..serves as a cover to hide the manipulations of his agile fingers. 1886 C. D. Warner Their Pilgrimage (1888) xv. 327 The passengers..appeared to take the matter seriously—a sort of linen-duster congregation. 1949 Chicago Daily News 11 Feb. 21/3 Grandma was a fashion plate in her smart linen duster for Sunday motoring. linenfold n. carved or moulded ornament, especially on panelling, representing folds or scrolls of linen; = linen-scroll n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others popinjay1322 serpent1388 moss-work1600 flame1602 frostwork1631 damask branch1634 mascaron1664 lacework1675 swash1680 branch-work1702 escallop-shella1706 festoon work1712 ovum1728 bricking1760 rising sun1787 ram's horn1842 linen-pattern1845 linen-scroll1854 wheel-rood1862 primal1875 patch ornament1878 tree1879 wheel-cross1882 skeuomorph1889 linenfold1891 taotie1915 boteh1917 pelta1935 starburst1953 quilling1972 towel-pattern- 1891 Trans. Soc. Antiquaries 22 Jan. 225 The panels are ornamented with ‘linen-fold’ patterns. linen-hall n. a market-hall for the sale of linens. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market building > for specific goods linen-hall1765 1765 J. Wesley Jrnl. 4 May I preached in the Linen-Hall,..a large square, with piazzas on three sides of it. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 167 He..sells it at the linen-hall in Dublin. linen-horse n. = horse n. 7c. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > frame for hanging washing on to dry hake1689 horse1706 winter dyke1748 maid1795 clothes-horse1807 winter hedge1812 airer1817 clothes-screen1832 linen-horse1845 maiden1856 maiden maker?1881 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > [noun] > linen-horse linen-horse1845 1845 R. Cobbold Hist. M. Catchpole II. xxv. 139 The large linen-horses belonging to the gaol stood in the passage. 1888 Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. (rev. ed.) lxx. 1523 Silks..should always be dried in the shade, on a linen-horse. linen lapper n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1893 Labour Commission Gloss. Linen Lappers, men who examine, measure, and fold the linen for the various markets. (Term used in the North of Ireland.) † linen-lifter n. Obsolete a man given to adultery. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who horlinga1200 holourc1230 whore-mana1325 putourc1390 putroura1425 whoremastera1425 whoremonger?a1472 putyer1477 whoredomerc1485 holarda1500 whore-keeper1530 mutton-monger1532 smell-smock?1545 stallion1553 woman-louper1568 limb-lifter1579 Lusty Laurence1582 punker1582 wencher1593 womanist1608 belly-bumper1611 sheep-biter1611 stringer1613 fleshmongera1616 hunt-smock1624 whorer1624 womanizer1626 woman errant1628 mongera1637 linen-lifter1652 whorster1654 whorehopper1664 cousin1694 smocker1708 mutton-master1729 woman dangler1850 masher1872 chippy chaser1887 chaser1894 stud1895 molrower1896 skirt-chaser1942 1652 O. Feltham Char. Low Countries (1659) 24 They [Dutchwomen] are not so ready at this play as the English..nor are their Men such linnen-lifters. † linen-man n. Obsolete a shirt-maker or linen-draper. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns mercerc1230 clothier1362 draper1362 woolman1390 yarn-chopper1429 line-draper1436 Welsh drapera1525 telerc1540 purple-seller1547 linen-draper1549 staplera1552 silkman1553 woollen-draper1554 wool-driver1555 woolster1577 linener1616 woolner1619 linen-man1631 ragman1649 rag merchant1665 slop-seller1665 bodice-seller1672 piece-broker1697 wool-stapler1709 cloth-man1723 Manchester-man1755 fleece-merchanta1774 rag dealer1777 man's mercer1789 keelman1821 man-mercer1837 cotton-broker1849 slopper1854 shoddyite1865 costumier1886 cotton-man1906 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making blouses or shirts > one who shirtmaker1590 linener1616 linen-man1631 blouse-maker1905 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. iii. 12 in Wks. II O Founder, no such matter, My Spurrier, and my Hatter, My Linnen-man, and my Taylor. 1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East i. ii. sig. C2^v How low a new stamp'd courtier May vaile to..His linnen man, and taylor. linen-mill n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Mill Linen-Mills don't differ much from Fulling-Mills. Their use is to scower Linens, after having been first cleans'd when taken out of the Lixivium, or Lye. linen-panel n. one decorated with a linen-scroll. ΚΠ 1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. I. 270 Lignis undulatis, that is, with undulated or wavy woodwork... The words probably denote what is now termed ‘linen panels’. linen-pattern n. = linen-scroll n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others popinjay1322 serpent1388 moss-work1600 flame1602 frostwork1631 damask branch1634 mascaron1664 lacework1675 swash1680 branch-work1702 escallop-shella1706 festoon work1712 ovum1728 bricking1760 rising sun1787 ram's horn1842 linen-pattern1845 linen-scroll1854 wheel-rood1862 primal1875 patch ornament1878 tree1879 wheel-cross1882 skeuomorph1889 linenfold1891 taotie1915 boteh1917 pelta1935 starburst1953 quilling1972 towel-pattern- 1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 269 One kind of ornament which was introduced towards the end of the Perpendicular style..consists of a series of straight mouldings..so arranged..as to represent the folds of linen; it is usually called the ‘linen pattern’. linen-press n. a frame or receptacle for pressing or holding linen. ΚΠ 1851 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) I. xviii. 296 The store-room, the linen-presses, the china-closet,..all went under an awful review. 1970 Canad. Antiques Collector June 4 (advt.) Exceptional Pennsylvania walnut linen-press..Circa 1790. linen-prover n. a microscope used to determine the fineness of a linen fabric by counting the threads. ΚΠ 1894 J. N. Maskelyne ‘Sharps & Flats’ 68 The mirror in this case is mounted somewhat after the fashion of a linen-prover. linen-scroll n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others popinjay1322 serpent1388 moss-work1600 flame1602 frostwork1631 damask branch1634 mascaron1664 lacework1675 swash1680 branch-work1702 escallop-shella1706 festoon work1712 ovum1728 bricking1760 rising sun1787 ram's horn1842 linen-pattern1845 linen-scroll1854 wheel-rood1862 primal1875 patch ornament1878 tree1879 wheel-cross1882 skeuomorph1889 linenfold1891 taotie1915 boteh1917 pelta1935 starburst1953 quilling1972 towel-pattern- 1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Linen-scroll, a peculiar style of decorative ornament, extensively used to fill panels in the latter part of the fifteenth, and during the sixteenth century; so termed from its resemblance to a small napkin folded in close convolutions all over its surface. linen shower n. [shower n.¹] North American a party at which a bride-to-be is given presents of household linen, etc. ΚΠ 1904 N.Y. Tribune 27 Oct. 7 The managers of the Home for the Friendless invite the public to a linen shower and reception. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Apr. 8/3 A delightful linen shower was given in honor of Miss Dorothy Woods, Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. B. E. Lefevre. 1974 Evening Herald (Rock Hill, S. Carolina) 18 Apr. 9/4 Hostesses for a linen shower were Mrs. H. D. Long and Mrs. Arthur Snyder. linen tea n. a tea arranged in order to provide house-linen for a crèche, day nursery, etc. ΚΠ 1916 Yorks. Post 19 Apr. 4/7 The first crèche which held such a ‘linen tea’... Yesterday's meeting was for the purpose of collecting house linen to furnish the place. 1948 N. Scanlan Rusty Road xvii. 195 A ‘linen tea’ for the bride-elect, and a ‘kitchen tea’ and a ‘China tea’ followed. † linen-teller n. Obsolete = linen-prover n. ΚΠ 1797 Miers Fisher in Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. (1798) 5 316 I examined the..skin, with a glass which magnified considerably, and which is known in Ireland by the name of a linen-teller. † linen-wheel n. Obsolete apparently a kind of sewing machine. ΚΠ 1638 J. Rous Diary (1856) 85 He [a handless man] tooke three stitches in a cloathe with a linnen~wheele (prepared with a turner's devise for the foote). 1682 in C. W. Manwaring Digest Early Connecticut Probate Rec. (1904) I. 357 She shall have..a linen wheele. 1723 in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1886) Oct. 156 1 Linen Wheel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.a700
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