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FLAX (Linum ttsilatissimu 



1(1 spin. The second I.utin name reefers to its extraordinarx' usefulness 

 to man. It is llin in Welsh, /w7i in Gaelic. 



Flax is called Lint Bells, Lint Bennels, Blaebows, Mix, Lin, Line, 

 Lint, Lint-bow, \'lix. A man in the flax trade in Dorset is called a 

 linman. Line is pronounced liin (as in Norse or Danish) either in 

 reference to the plant, or seed linseed, or fibre once prepared on 



