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linseed oil


linseed oil

noun

Definition of LINSEED OIL

: a yellowish drying oil obtained from flaxseed and used especially in paint, varnish, printing ink, and linoleum
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First Known Use of LINSEED OIL

15th century

Rhymes with LINSEED OIL

baby oil, castor oil, desert soil, drying oil, holy oil, mineral oil, olive oil, peanut oil, prairie soil, rapeseed oil, safflower oil, salad oil, soybean oil, supercoil, tick trefoil

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