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4 words match “EARTH FLAX”

EARTH FLAX n.
A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
AMIANTHUS n.
Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.
FLAX n.
skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing. Earth flax (Min.), amianthus. -- Flax brake, a machine for removing the woody portion of flax from the fibrous. -- Flax comb, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle. -- Flax cotton, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in bicarbinate o…
SPAAD n.
A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus. [Obs.] oodward.