Flax was used to make linen but before spinning and weaving the stems were " retted "; this meant soaking them in running water, a procedure which could have used the stream which also powered the mills.

* Aero linen for covering aircraft, such as the Hawker Hurricane, and military glider frames was manufactured by a number of Belfast flax spinning mills, such as The York Street Flax Spinning Co .; Brookfield Spinning Co .; Wm.

Flax and cotton were also used for fine materials, but the processing was difficult because of the pre-processing needed, and thus goods in these materials made only a small proportion of the output.

Flax is grown both for its use as an edible oil, as a nutritional supplement, and as an ingredient in many wood finishing products.

Flax seeds produce a vegetable oil known as flaxseed or linseed oil, which is one of the oldest commercial oils, and solvent-processed flax seed oil has been used for centuries as a drying oil in painting and varnishing.

Flax fiber is also a raw material for the high-quality paper industry for the use of printed banknotes and rolling paper for cigarettes and tea bags.

I shoud be very glad to know at the sametime how rough and undressd Flax has generally, and may probably sell ; for this year I have made an Essay in both, and altho I suffer pretty considerably by the attempt, owing principally to the severity of the Drougth, and my inexperience in the management I am not altogether discouraged from a further prosecution of the Scheme provided I find the Sales with you are not clogd with too much difficulty and expence.

Flax is a plant that has played an important part in the cultural and economic history of New Zealand for both the Māori people and the later European settlers.

According to the Flax Council of Canada, ALA is required for normal infant development and may be beneficial for reducing inflammation leading to atherosclerosis, and for preventing heart disease and arrhythmia.

NZ Flax ( Phormium tenax ) played a major role in Foxton ’ s development ; indeed Foxton, rather than being a " gold town " or " coal town " was indisputably a " flax town ", sending their product overseas to be used worldwide as a substitute for manila.

In diary entries, they recorded its name as " Flax River ", for the flax that makes up much of the river's riparian zone — and " Colorado Chiquito "— so, presumably they already knew about the river before they had come on the expedition.

But the novel differs in that it is modeled on Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, a genuine adventure story, and presents a geographically impossible array of mammals, birds, reptiles, and plants ( including the Bamboos, Cassavas, Cinnamon Trees, Coconut Palm Trees, Fir Trees, Flax, Myrica cerifera, Rice, Rubber Plant Potatoes, Sago Palms, and an entirely fictitious kind of Sugarcane ) that probably could never have existed together on a single island for the children's edification, nourishment, clothing and convenience.

Flax was also harvested, but their primary source for clothing was wool from sheep.

Many postmodern writers and some feminists ( e. g. Jane Flax ) have made similar arguments, likewise seeing the Enlightenment conception of reason as totalitarian, and as not having been enlightened enough since, for Adorno and Horkheimer, though it banishes myth it falls back into a further myth, that of individualism and formal ( or mythic ) equality under instrumental reason.

Flax, for linen, had been grown in Flaxholme, from the fifteenth century, on the instructions from King Henry V. Silk thread began to be produced in quantity by John Lombe in Derby, likewise cotton thread in Belper.

** Operation Flax, the systematic targeting by Allied fighter pilots of Luftwaffe transport aircraft bound for North Africa, is put into effect.

He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Belfast in 2007 and received the Flax Trust Award for service to the community in 2010.

Following success with the woodhen, there have been recovery efforts for other endemic species on Lord Howe Island, including the Lord Howe Flax Snail ( Placostylus bivaricosus ) and the Lord Howe Currawong ( Strepera graculina crissalis ).

In 1992, PepsiCo paid nearly $ 100 million for 67 percent of the chain, with Flax and Rosenfield each receiving $ 17. 5 million.

She has been nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe for her performance in Gone Baby Gone ( 2007 ) and is also known for her roles in HBO's The Wire, playing Port Authority Officer Beadie Russell ; HBO's In Treatment, playing psychiatrist Adele Brousse ; and NBC's The Office, playing human resources representative Holly Flax.

Flax spinning took place mostly as a domestic industry.

Flax fiber is soft, lustrous and flexible ; bundles of fiber have the appearance of blonde hair, hence the description " flaxen ".

Flax and hop cultivation were also of significant importance.

Flax and linen were also produced just north of Kilkenny City.

Flax and potatoes were grown in the west, north-west, Central Industrial Region and the Urals ; sugar-beet in the northern Ukraine and Central Agricultural region ; sunflower in south-eastern Russia and the southern Ukraine ; cotton in central Asia and Transcaucasia.

An emergency board meeting was called, Hipp and Jenneman were fired, and Flax and Rosenfield resumed control of CPK.

The harakeke ( Phormium tenax ), or New Zealand Flax plant, was brought to Norfolk Island either from New Zealand directly or from Raoul Island ( Sunday Island ) by these Polynesian settlers.

Flax may also lessen the severity of diabetes by stabilizing blood-sugar levels.

Flax fibers can usually be identified by their “ nodes ” which add to the flexibility and texture of the fabric.

On the other hand, feminist theorists such as Juliet Mitchell, Nancy Chodorow, Jessica Benjamin, Jane Gallop, Bracha Ettinger, Shoshana Felman, Griselda Pollock and Jane Flax have argued that psychoanalytic theory is vital to the feminist project and must, like other theoretical traditions, be adapted by women to free it from vestiges of sexism ( i. e. being censored ).

The mill furthest upstream was Scole Flax Mill, although it was not a watermill, being powered by steam.

Flax was raised, prepared by hand, carded, spun, woven and converted into clothing.

From 1830 sailcloth was being woven in cottages in the town and later at the Flax Mill, built in 1861 by John Birley.

The Little Colorado River also known as the Flax River, and the first Rio Chiquito, is depicted and labelled as such on a map compiled by Lt. Joseph C .( Christmas ) Ives and published in the

Virgin Gorda residents are served by Robinson O ' Neal Memorial Primary School, a primary school, and Bregado Flax Educational Centre, a combined primary and secondary school which opened in 1982.

Flax seed and other oilseeds contained the highest total phytoestrogen content, followed by soybeans and tofu.

Mermaids is narrated in the first person by Charlotte Flax, a 15-year-old girl living with her eccentric mother, Rachel ( whom she calls " Mrs. Flax "), and sister, Kate.

In 1860 Flax Bourton railway station was opened by the Bristol and Exeter Railway just west of the short tunnel at the summit of the climb from Bristol.

Maize and Knox are voiced by Jennifer Hale, Jingle is voiced by Colleen O ' Shaughnessey, Flax is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, Bling-Bling is voiced by Grey DeLisle, and 14-Carat is voiced by Frank Welker.

* 23 August: A British soldier was shot dead by an IRA sniper on Flax Street in the Ardoyne area.

* 18 May: A British soldier was shot dead by an IRA sniper on Flax Street.

* 17 April: An IRA volunteer was shot dead by a British Army sniper on Flax Street.