Lexicographical Neighbors of Flaks
Literary usage of Flaks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language by John Walker (1819)
"... flaks'k6m. s. The instrument with which the fibres of flax are cleansed from
the brittle parti. FLAX, flaks. s. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"FLAX, (flaks) w.'j. The plant of which the finest thread is made ; the fibres of
flax cleansed and combed for the spinner. ..."
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