LINOLEUM
Li*no"le*um, n. Etym: [L. linum flax + oleum oil.]
1. Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.
2. A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
LINOTYPE Lin"o*type, n. [See Line ; Type.] (Print.) (a) A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings, each of which corresponds to a line of separate types. By pressing upon keys like those of a typewriter the matrices for one line are properly arranged; the stereotype, or slug, is then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to their proper places, the whole process being automatic. (b) The slug produced by the machine, or matter composed in such lines. —Lin"o*typ`ist (#), n.
LINOXIN
Li*nox"in, n. Etym: [Linoleic + oxygen.] (Chem.)
Defn: A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid. [Written also linoxyn.]
LINSANG
Lin*sang", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the
East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P.
gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang
(Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots.
LINSEED
Lin"seed`, n. Etym: [OE. lin flax + seed. See Linen.] (Bot.)
Defn: The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. [Written
also lintseed.] Linseed cake, the solid mass or cake which remains
when oil is expressed.
— Linseed meal, linseed cake reduced to powder.
— Linseed oil, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.