a. [f. FLAX sb. + -Y1.] Of the nature of or resembling flax; made of flax. Also absol.
1634. M. Sandys, Prudence, 16. The Flaxie [colour] having whitenesse, appertaines to Temperance.
1659. Torriano, Lineo, flaxie, made of flax.
1835. Ure, Philos. Manuf., 207. Both act by exerting a slight degree of fermentation in the substance which attaches the flaxy filaments to the vegetable vessels and membranes.
