Obs. rare–1. [f. L. līn-um flax + -OUS.] Of the nature of flax; flax-like.
1715. trans. Pancirollus’ Rerum Mem., I. I. v. 14. Pliny mentions another Sort of Linous Substance [orig. alterius quoque lini cujusdam], which he calls in the First Chapter of his Nineteenth Book, ξύλον, Wood.
