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   Linen , a. [OE., fr. lin linen. See Linen, n.]
   Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
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   Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
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   Linen, n. [Prop. an adj. from OE. lin flax, AS. līn flax, whence līnen made of flax; akin to OS., Icel., & MHG. līn flax and linen, G. lein, leinen, linen, Sw. lin flax, Goth. lein linen, L. linum flax, linen, Gr. λίνον. Cf. Line, Linseed.]
   Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens “In linen white as milk.” 
   Robert of Brunne.
   
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   Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.
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   Linen draper, a dealer in linen. -- Linen prover, a small microscope for counting the threads in a given space in linen fabrics. -- Linen scroll, Linen pattern (Arch.), an ornament for filling panels, copied from the folds of a piece of stuff symmetrically disposed. 
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