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Definition of Linen paper
1. Noun. A high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish.
Definition of Linen paper
1. Noun. High quality paper with a high linen (i.e., flax fiber) content. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Linen Paper
Literary usage of Linen paper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances by Clinton G. Gilroy (1845)
"Wehrs refers to a document written AD 1308 as the oldest known specimen of linen
paper; and, as the invention must have been at least a little previous to ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1876)
"Special novelties in Pure linen paper, in Cream and Azure Tints, in new sizes.
Wedding Envelopes, Papeteries, etc. EDISON'S ELECTRICAL PEN and DUPLICATING ..."
3. A Chronology of Paper and Papermaking by Joel Munsell (1864)
"A document of a notary of this date proves the use of linen paper in Italy; and
Maff'ei states that he possessed a family manuscript of linen paper of the ..."
4. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1878)
"The Swan brings in a rich French Prize of about 300 Tuns, laden with Claret,
White Wine, Brandy, Salt, linen paper, &c. Sept. 21. ..."
5. The Invention of Printing: A Collection of Facts and Opinions Descriptive of by Theodore Low De Vinne (1878)
"It was so inferior to papyrus, parchment or linen paper as a writing surface,
... The linen paper, so called, came in use at a much later period, ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1876)
"Curiously enough the manufacture of linen paper was discovered through an
intentional fraud. People first tried to make cheaper cotton paper by the ..."
7. History of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1899)
"He assigns the invention of linen paper to Pace da Fa- biano of ... But more than
one Arabian writer asserts the manufacture of linen paper to have been ..."
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