'Linseed oil' definitions:
Definition of 'linseed oil'
From: WordNet
noun
A drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints [syn: linseed oil, flaxseed oil]
Definition of 'Linseed oil'
From: GCIDE
- Linseed \Lin"seed`\ (l[i^]n"s[=e]d`), n. [OE. lin flax + seed. See Linen.] (Bot.) The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. [Written also lintseed.] [1913 Webster]
- Linseed cake, the solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed from flaxseed.
- Linseed meal, linseed cake reduced to powder.
- Linseed oil, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed. [1913 Webster]