lyne

lyne (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of linen.
   • Edmund Spenser

     Nor any weaver, which his work doth boast
     In diaper, in damask, or in lyne,
     Might in their diverse cunning ever dare
     With this so curious net-work to compare.

• -enyl, enyl, leyn

• IPA^(key): /lyːnə/, [ˈlyːnə]

lyne (imperative lyn, infinitive at lyne, present tense lyner, past tense lynede, perfect tense er/har lynet)

1. zip (to close with a zip fastener)
2. lighten, lightning (to produce lightning)

• lyn, line, lin, lynye, lyny

From Old English līn.

• IPA^(key): /liːn/, /lin/
• Rhymes: -iːn

lyne (uncountable)

1. A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers.
2. The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown and spun for use in textiles.
3. Cloth woven from flax; linen.

• flex

• English: line, linseed (in compound with seed)

• “lin, (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

From Old English līnen, equivalent to lyne +‎ -en.

lyne

1. Alternative form of lynnen

• “linen, (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018.

From Old English linde, lind.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːn(ə)/

lyne (plural lynes)

1. Alternative form of lynde.

• “lind(e, (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.