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linseed oil
Word definitions for linseed oil in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Linseed \Lin"seed`\ (l[i^]n"s[=e]d`), n. [OE. lin flax + seed. See Linen .] (Bot.) The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. Linseed cake , the solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed from flaxseed. Linseed meal , linseed cake ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints [syn: flaxseed oil ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Linseed oil , also known as flaxseed oil , is a colourless to yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the flax plant ( Linum usitatissimum ). The oil is obtained by pressing , sometimes followed by solvent extraction . Linseed oil is a drying ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An oil, extracted from flax seeds, used as a drying agent in paints, varnishes etc.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A good polish reviver can be made by mixing equal parts of raw linseed oil , substitute turps and vinegar. ▪ A mixture of equal quantities of raw linseed oil and substitute turps is often rubbed into pine prior to staining. ▪ ...
Usage examples of linseed oil.
The fixed oil, with constituents rather like that of linseed oil, possesses the drying qualities common to the fixed oils together with all the medicinal properties of the seed.
Oil of Elder Leaves (Oleum Viride), Green Oil, or Oil of Swallows, is prepared by digesting 1 part of bruised fresh Elder leaves in 3 parts of linseed oil.
Boiled oil, produced by heating raw linseed oil to a temperature of 150 degrees C.
I just had to put a coffee filter in a wash basin and pour the shampoo through it, so's the shampoo all ran down the drain and there was that stuff left on the paper, then I just turned the coffee filter inside out and soaked it in a little jar with some linseed oil from the feed shed, and then I'd stir a quarter of it into the feed if it was for a mare I was looking after anyway, or let the stuff fall to the bottom and scrape up a teaspoonful and put it in an apple for the others.
They had a real lamp, now, not just a wick through a wooden button floating in linseed oil.
I don't think you're supposed to put linseed oil on leather to begin with.
I mixed more of the paint than I would need, to be sure that I would have enough, and thinned the glowing pile with enough linseed oil and turpentine to spread it smoothly on the canvas.
Much more common will be linseed oil, which is made by pressing the seeds from the flax plant that is grown throughout northern Europe to provide flax for linen cloth.
It was done in an hour, and we gave it a thin coating of linseed oil.
For good measure he had worked linseed oil into his matched bullhorns and they now shone wickedly black.