Definition of "linseed oil" []

• A yellowish oil extracted from the seeds of flax and used as a drying oil in paints and varnishes and in linoleum, printing inks, and synthetic resins. (noun)

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• "Not a sign of barnacles, and there was fresh linseed oil on the timbers."
• "“Khizáb” a paste of quicklime and lamp-black kneaded with linseed oil which turns the Henna to a dark olive."
• "While the sound of her approach crescendoed, he muttered a string of curses under his breath, soaked a rag with linseed oil and scrubbed the ink from his hands."