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textile made from the
fibers of the
flax plant.
Linen is very
strong and absorbent, and it
dries faster than
cotton.
Because of
these properties, linen...
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Flax, also
known as
common flax or linseed, is a
flowering plant,
Linum usitatissimum, in the
family Linaceae. It is
cultivated as a food and
fiber crop...
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Scutching is a step in the
processing of
cotton or the
dressing of
flax or hemp in
preparation for spinning. The
scutching process separates the impurities...
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Cotton was
first used with a
mixture of silk to make
paper called Carta Bombycina. In the 1800s,
fiber crops such as
flax fibers or
cotton from used...
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development (e.g. Nuhi, Talhi, Jafari, Mamuni, Mansouri). Bast (hemp and
flax),
cotton, and old rags and
ropes were the
major input materials for producing...
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textile finishing treatment for
cellulose fabric and yarn,
mainly cotton and
flax,
which improves dye
uptake and tear strength,
reduces fabric shrinkage...
- made from wood, used for spinning,
twisting fibers such as wool,
flax, hemp, and
cotton into yarn. It is
often weighted at
either the bottom, middle, or...
- vermiculite, perlite, wood fiber,
plant fiber (cannabis,
flax,
cotton, cork, etc.),
recycled cotton denim, straw,
animal fiber (sheep's wool), cement, and...
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Ptolemaic period,
Egypt became a
major producer of grain, wine,
flax,
cotton, papyrus, and a wide
range of fruits, vegetables, and ****es;
these goods...
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industry in the county. At the time
Ireland produced a
large amount of
flax.
Cotton-spinning by
jennies was
first introduced to
Belfast by industrialists...
