Linseed, s. The seed of flax.
Linseed, or flax-seed, abounds with oil and mucilage, and is useful in the composition of those emollient drinks given in inflammations of the bladder and bowels, or complaints of the urinary passages. A strong mucilaginous drink may be made without bruising the seeds, either by decoction or infusion.
Linseed Cake is that part of the linseed which remains after the oil has been pressed out. It is employed to fatten cattle, and is given, occasionally, to horses. When ground it is sold as linseed meal and linseed powder, and often used in the composition of poultices.
Linseed Oil is sometimes employed as a laxative, and, though very inferior to castor, and even olive oil, may be occasionally substituted for it, on account of its being much less expensive. It is used in making pectoral emulsions, liniments, and ointments; but even for these purposes olive oil is preferable, on account of the drying quality of linseed oil.
Lint, s. The soft substance commonly called flax; linen scraped into soft woolly substance to lay on sores.
Lip, s. The outer part of the mouth, the muscles that shoot beyond the teeth; the edge of anything.
Litter, s. A kind of portable bed; a carriage hung between two horses; the straw laid under animals; a brood of young; any number of things thrown sluttishly about; a birth of animals.
Litter, v. To bring forth, used of beasts; to cover with things negligently; to cover with straw.
Liver, s. One who lives; one who lives in any particular manner; one of the entrails.
Livergrown, a. Having an increased liver.