linseed oil

2 definitions found

linseed oil - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Linseed \Lin"seed`\ (l[i^]n"s[=e]d`), n. [OE. lin flax + seed.
     See Linen.] (Bot.)
     The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.
     [Written also lintseed.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Linseed cake, the solid mass or cake which remains when oil
        is expressed from flaxseed.
  
     Linseed meal, linseed cake reduced to powder.
  
     Linseed oil, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.
        [1913 Webster]

linseed oil - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  linseed oil
      n 1: a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making
           such things as oil paints [syn: linseed oil, flaxseed oil
           ]