linon.1
/ˈlʌɪnəʊ/, U.S. /ˈlaɪnoʊ/ colloquial.
= linoleum n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > floorcloth > types of
wax-cloth1816
linoleum1878
corticine1880
cork carpet1906
lino1907
cork lino1909
spit and sawdust1937
1907 C. E. Dawson in Process Engravers' Monthly Jan. 15 I at last happened upon some samples of cork lino.
1920 Glasgow Herald 10 Apr. 4 The Earl caught the gloves, but the hat fell on the lino.
1926 Spectator 7 Aug. 206/1 You dash off to heave linos about for an elderly lady who doesn't know just what she wants... To move a piece of lino five yards would make anyone pant.
1966 M. Patten Home Making in Colour 36/2 Lino is easy to lay..and is a good background for rugs and carpets.
1973 P. Dickinson Green Gene ix. 173 The lino-covered staircase.
1973 J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 120 The usual collection of household goods..rugs, carpets and lino.
Derivatives
ˈlinoed adj. (also lino'd) covered with linoleum.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [adjective] > covered with floorcloth
oilclothed1838
floor-clothed1843
linoleumed1892
linoed1933
1933 R. C. Hutchinson Unforgotten Prisoner iii. xiv. 420 He went up the lino'd stairs.
1966 J. Chamier Cannonball iv. 29 The edges of his coat swept papers skidding onto the linoed floor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
linon.2
/ˈlʌɪnəʊ/, U.S. /ˈlaɪnoʊ/ = Linotype n.
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society > communication > printing > composing equipment > [noun] > type-setting machines > machine which sets a line at a time
Linotype1888
monoline1902
lino1907
Intertype1913
Linograph1913
line-caster1972
1907 Daily Chron. 3 Dec. 4/4 He gave me a sketch of his paper. It was set up by ‘linos’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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