Flax

flaks, n. (Bot.) A plant having a single, slen- der stalk, with blue flowers: the fiber of the bark used for making thread and cloth, called linen, carntrnc, lawn, lace, etc.; linseed oil is expre ed from the seed. The fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing. [AS. fleax, D. vlas, OHG. vlahs. flahs, G. flachs; prob. Goth, flahta, a plaiting of the hair, Gr. plekein, to plait, weave.] — Flax'en, a. Made of, or like, flax. — Flax'y, a. Like flax; of light color; fair. — Flax'-comb, n. A toothed instrument through which flax is drawn in preparing for spinning; a — hatchel. dre 'er, n. One who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares for the spinner. — Flax's eed, n. Seed of the flax plant; linseed.