Lin'en

[L. linum, flax.] A cloth very much OF COMMON THINGS 95 sheeting, towels, etc. Linen is manufactured in the British Islands, and in many manufacturing districts in Europe, particularly in France, Bel¬ gium, and Germany. Linen thread is prepared from fine bleached linen yarn. A fish resembling the cod in form, but longer and more slender. [Fr. linoT\ A well-known song-bird, widely distributed in Europe and in the northwest of Africa. It is barely 6 inches in length, feeds on soft seeds, and forms its nest of soft stems and mo , lined with wool and down, in which it lays from four to six eggs of a bluish-white ground, speckled with reddish-brown, and generally rears two broods in a season. A kind of floor-cloth made of ground cork and oxidized linseed-oil spread on jute canvas, with oil-paint coated on the back. It was invented by Walton in i860. [AS. lin, flax; and seed, seed.] The seed of flax, largely used for making linseed-oil and oil-cake. In making oil the seeds are bruised or crushed, then grouud and pre ed in a hydraulic or screw-pre , either cold or heated by steam. The seeds give more oil when heated, but the cold-pre ed oil is the best. Linseed-oil is largely used in making paints, varnishes, and printing inks. The remains of the seeds after the oil is pre ed out make oil-cake, which is valuable for feeding cattle. Linseed itself is excellent food for cattle and for poultry. [AS. linetl\ Linen cloth or rags scraped so as to form a soft material suitable for dre ing wounds and sores. [Fr., from L. leo.~\ 1 he largest represent a¬ tive of the Felidee or Cat family. Its distinctive features are the large size of its head the great; mane, which covers the head, neck, and shoul¬ ders of the males; the uniform tawny color of the skin, without spots or stripes and the tuft; at the extremity of the tail. It attains its full growth when about seven or eight years old, and a male lion of the largest size will then measure about 8 feet, and the tail about 4 feet. The lion¬ e is smaller, and has no mane. Lions are found in the tropical regions of Africa and Asia. Their lurking place is near a spring or by the side of a river, where, concealed among the brushwood, they wait for the animals coming to drink. They hide away in the daytime, and prowl about in the evening and early morning, and sometimes all night long, their eyes being better adapted for the night and twilight than for the day. They feed on antelopes, zebras, giraffes, and wild cattle, and sometimes carry off horses, sheep, and other domestic animals. [L. liquidus.] A fluid or flowing sub¬ stance, distinguished from a solid by yielding laterally to pre ure. It always returns to the same level. Air. Air reduced by great pre ure and intense cold to the liquid state. This proce , of recent discovery,'can now be performed with ca^c and rapidity, large quantities being produced at a low cost. Efforts are being made to use it as a 671