flaxen thread
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Then over the tripod he balanced a ring which he held suspended by a flaxen thread of extreme fineness, and which had also been consecrated with mystic ceremonies.
From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Charles Duke Yonge
The warp of these carpets was, in olden times, a strong, heavy flaxen thread.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle
And while I spin my flaxen thread, And sing my simple lay, The village seems asleep or dead, Now Lubin is away.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
In the spring of the year, Miss Thusa always engaged in a very interesting process—that is, bleaching the flaxen thread which she had been spinning during the winter.
From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Caroline Lee Hentz
Warts may safely be destroyed by tying them closely round the bottom with a silk thread, or a strong flaxen thread well waxed.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
