Definition of Flaxy

1. a. Like flax; flaxen.

Definition of Flaxy

1. Adjective. Like flax; flaxen. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flaxy

1. flaxen [adj FLAXIER, FLAXIEST] - See also: flaxen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flaxy

flax-stick
flax-sticks
flax family
flax rust
flax rust fungus
flaxen
flaxes
flaxier
flaxiest
flaxlike
flaxseed
flaxseed oil
flaxseeds
flaxweed
flaxweeds
flaxy (current term)
flay
flayed
flayer
flayers
flaying
flayings
flays
flaysome
flea
flea-beetle
flea-bitten
flea-bitten kidney
flea-borne typhus
flea-lice

Literary usage of Flaxy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wallace's American Trotting Register: Containing the Pedigrees of Standard by John Hankins Wallace, American trotting register association (1901)
"... Wls. ; passed to CA Sampson, Hudson, Wls. t flaxy JACK, (1) ch g foaled 1895; ... flaxy 1'.. ( 1 ) ch m foaled 1890 : by Robin. ..."

2. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by Worthington George Smith (1908)
"... somewhat flaxy at the circumference. 1675—1679 b. Coniophora. Spores ferruginous. Hymenium at length pulverulent with spores. 1680, 1681 a. ..."

3. The Trotting and the Pacing Horse in America by Hamilton Busbey (1904)
"Expectation, the dam of Major Delmar, was got by Autograph, 2.16^ (son of Alcantara and flaxy by Kentucky Clay), out of Miss Copeland, who obtained a pacing ..."

4. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1822)
"Third, when the ste'eped hop-binds are found ready for the process, the fibrous or flaxy substance is, along with the outer bark or rind, separated from the ..."

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