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fine linen

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meanings of fineand linen


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fine
adjective
uk /faɪn/ us /faɪn/
good or good enough; healthy ...
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linen
noun[U]
uk /ˈlɪn.ɪn/ us /ˈlɪn.ɪn/
strong cloth made from the fibres of the ...
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Examples of fine linen


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Why cannot they dress themselves in purple and finelinen?
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One-third of the looms are idle and the industry is not manufacturing the finelinen for export which it should manufacture.
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In that great city we are told people live on milk and honey, and are clothed in purple and finelinen.
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These are not great and rich people who have motor cars to ride in every day or who dress themselves in purple and finelinen.
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Underneath it was a very finelinen gauze which was tied at the front of the neck.
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Finelinen shirts, chemises, ruffs, collars, coifs and caps were embroidered in monochrome silks and edged in lace.
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Partlets worn over the smock but under the kirtle and gown were typically made of lawn (a finelinen).
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These loincloths consisted of finelinen cloths in a triangular shape with ties at the two corners.
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Since the disappearance of the very finelinen threads, it has commonly been made in cotton.
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Finelinen is among the easiest to work with.
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And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in finelinen, clean and bright, for the finelinen is the righteous acts of the saints.
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Close-fitting sleeves just past the elbow were trimmed with frills or ruffles, and separate under-ruffles called engageantes of lace or finelinen were tacked to the smock or chemise sleeves.
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The credence table is usually placed near the wall on the epistle (south) side of the sanctuary, and may be covered with a finelinen cloth.
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