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(body-linen), ete. In any case, let This by have clean linen. Shak., M. N. D., iv. 2. 40. Let's go to that house, for the linen looks white and Smells of lavender, and I long to lie in a pair of sheets that smell so. I, Walton, Complete Angler, p. 77. 3. Linen thread.—4. Cloth made of hemp. [Rare.]—5}. pl. Sails. [Rare.] Down with the main mast, lay her at hull, Farle up her linnens, and let her ride it out. Fletcher, Sea Voyage, i. 1. Carbonized linen, See carbonize.—Cream-twilled linen, a wide linen cloth used as a foundation for embroidery.— Danubian linen, a name given to ornamental damask for table use, having borders, etc.,in red. These linens are of Austrian manufacture, and were introduced about 1878.—Diamond linen. See diamond.—Fo il linen, a variety of hornblende with soft and flexible parallel fibers.