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Definition of Flax brake

Flax brake
Flax Flax, n. [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG. flahs, G. flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m twist, L. plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. ? to weave, plait. See Ply.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed. 2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing. Earth flax (Min.), amianthus. Flax brake, a machine for removing the woody portion of flax from the fibrous. Flax comb, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle. Flax cotton, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in bicarbinate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared for bleaching and spinning like cotton. --Knight. Flax dresser, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares it for the spinner. Flax mill, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen manufactured. Flax puller, a machine for pulling flax plants in the field. Flax wench. (a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.] (b) A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak. Mountain flax (Min.), amianthus. New Zealand flax (Bot.) See Flax-plant.

Meaning of Flax brake from wikipedia

- used in automobile brake pads, shoes, and clutch discs, contaminants of amphiboles were present. Since approximately the mid-1990s, brake pads, new or replacement...
- are used to upholster the seats, dashboard and doors, including old denim, flax and a wool blend that also contains appx 70% recycled polyester. Around one...
- (859), Natural Beige (652), Maroon (187), (50) Polo Green, and one Pearl Flax, (O4U). For model year 1993, the Allanté was offered in a single model configuration:...
- flyer was in common use, and gained such names as the Saxony wheel and the flax wheel. It sped up production, as one needn't stop spinning to wind up the...
- uses are in resin bonded panels, as filler in compounds for gaskets, in brake pads, in plastics in the automotive industry, as a filtering medium, and...
- [citation needed] For some components of the bodywork, materials derived from flax fiber, cork and recycled carbon fiber are used. This allows for a 75% reduction...
- known as China gr**** and one of the strongest natural fibres, similar to flax in absorbency and density. The use of plant-based eco-plastics coincided...
- plants like flax and – since 1996 – hemp with low THC content. Against this background ECCO took part in joint project for the utilization of flax fibers in...
- Lippe-Detmold went to Simon VII, Lippe-Brake to Otto and Lippe-Alverdissen went to Philip I. The County of Lippe-Brake was reunited with the main Detmold...
- panels reinforced with either carbon fiber or natural fiber (sourced from flax plants), wrapped around a carbon fiber cage. Currently, no race series allows...