"Linen" is a word in ENGLISH
Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times,
chiefly made of linen.
Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in
a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels,
tablecloths, etc.
Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
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Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.
Read the complete definitionbeatílya - (Sp. beatilla) Fine linen; a kind of thin, transparent cloth.
Read the complete definitionA kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven.
Read the complete definitionA coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the …
Read the complete definitionbulinaw n k. o. anchovy commonly eaten in Cebu: various En-graulidae, esp. Stolephorus indicus. útuk ug n bird-brained, stupid. buling …
Read the complete definitionbúlingón - (H) Soiled, dirty, grimy, smudged, begrimed, stained, dirtied, messed, sullied. Bulingón ikáw; palígos ka. You are dirty; take …
Read the complete definitionA cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or …
Read the complete definitionA kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.
Read the complete definitionStraight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.
Read the complete definitionA fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, …
Read the complete definitionA fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; …
Read the complete definitionCoarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.
Read the complete definitionA coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico.
Read the complete definitiondríl n a coarse linen or cotton cloth with a diagonal weave, used for work clothes, etc.
Read the complete definitionA linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the …
Read the complete definitionA plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and …
Read the complete definitionA kind of twilled linen cloth for lining.
Read the complete definitionA kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it …
Read the complete definitionháb-on - To throw down in a heap or in disorder. Indì mo pagiháb-on sa salúg ang ímo mga naúg. …
Read the complete definitionhaláy - To put on a string or line, hang out to dry (clothes, etc.). Ihaláy (halayá) ang mga linábhan. …
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