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Linen (3441 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cloth2.jpg|thumb|right|Torn linen [[cloth]], recovered from the [[Dead Sea]]]]
2: '''Linen''' is a material made from the fibers of the [[fl...
4: ==Linen Fiber==
8: ...''flax''. After it is spun into yarn it becomes ''linen''.
12: The standard measure of bulk linen yarn is the '''lea'''. A yarn having a size of 1 ...

Irish linen (1879 bytes)
1: '''Irish linen''' is [[linen]] produced in [[Ireland]].
3: Linen is made from the [[flax]] plant. Most of the worl...
5: ...ion in [[northern Europe]].) Today flax for Irish Linen yarn is imported from France, Belgium and Holland...
7: Irish Linen yarn is defined as yarn which is spun in Ireland ...
9: ...ned as fabric which is woven in Ireland from 100% linen yarns. The yarns do not necessarily have to come ...

Linas (467 bytes)
4: from which [[linen]] is spun. Traditional
5: ...thuanian folk clothing is made primarily of woven linen cloth.

Linu mate (185 bytes)
1: ...inen") was the [[mahte|mate]] who presided over [[linen]] as well as [[flax]].

Dhobi (1352 bytes)
1: ...] as their beasts of burden carrying the bales of linen in its back.
5: ...al feature of the city. All the dhobis wash their linen in [[Mahalaxmi]] area known as ''Dhobi Ghat''. Th...

Mircata (157 bytes)
1: ...ircata''' is an almost indestructible [[resin]]/[[linen]] mix, which comes in the colours black and green...

Rochet (935 bytes)
6: ...or non-eucharistic functions. Also made of white linen, the rochet is differentiated from the [[surplice...
11: ...t more resembles the [[alb]], being made of white linen and reaching almost to the feet, though it has ba...

Line (1082 bytes)
3: ...h [[linen]] is produced; at one time, a stretched linen thread was the most reliable way to determine a s...

Alb (984 bytes)
1: ... coming down to the ankles. It is simply the long linen [[tunic]] used by the [[Roman]]s of old. It is th...

Damask (1835 bytes)
3: ...metallic threads. Today, it generally denotes a [[linen]] texture richly figured in the weaving with flow...
7: ...otton]]. The finer qualities are made of the best linen yarn, and although the latter is of a brownish co...

Lint (1189 bytes)
7: ...ame from the [[Latin]] word ''linteus'', "made of linen".

Box kite (1195 bytes)
7: ...ails, and were flown with [[steel]] cable. Silk, linen and hemp were used because they could be spun fin...

Byssus (1844 bytes)
3: ...ate [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] root meaning ''linen''.

Colobium sindonis (361 bytes)
1: ... for "shroud tunic") is a simple sleeveless white linen shift worn by monarchs of England during part of ...

Popish soap (433 bytes)
1: ... received one, but their [[soap]] so injured both linen fabrics and washerwomen's hands that they called ...

Elizabeth Hurley Beach (329 bytes)
1: ...ey]]. Items from the collection, such as sarongs, linen pants, bikinis, kaftans, hats, beach bags and man...

Ephod (2032 bytes)
3: ... [[white]] ''ephod'', presumably made entirely of linen. [[Onyx]] stones, set in gold, were attached to t...

Buckram (466 bytes)
4: ...''' is a stiff [[cloth]], made of [[cotton]] or [[linen]], which is used to cover, and protect, a [[book]...

Uphaz (451 bytes)
5: ..., and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

Canvas (2787 bytes)
5: ...and even mid-level artists, to choose cotton over linen.

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