adv. [ See Able. ] Perhaps. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a plant of Europe and Asia (Epilobium hirsutum) having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves; it was introduced into North America.
n. [ Russ. kolinski of Kola, a district in northeasten Russia where the finest minks abound. ] Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp., Putorius sibiricus, the yellowish brown pelt of which is valued, esp. for the tail, used for making artists' brushes. Trade names for the fur are
n. (Zool.) Any viverrine mammal of the genus
n. [ OE. lin flax + seed. See Linen. ] (Bot.) The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.
Linseed cake,
Linseed meal,
Linseed oil,
n. [ See Linen. ] Linsey-woolsey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Corrupt. fr. luntstock, D. lontstok; lont lunt + stok stock, stick. See Link a torch, Lunt, and Stock. ] A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.
n. (Bot.) A seaweed. See Baddrelocks. [ 1913 Webster ]