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Search phrase: linen

Plays

 19 result(s). alternate result(s)
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CymbelineCym I.iv.7Senseless linen, happier therein than I!Senselesse Linnen, happier therein then I:
Henry IV Part 11H4 IV.ii.46find linen enough on every hedge.finde Linnen enough on euery Hedge.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.ii.19for it is a low ebb of linen with thee when thou keepestfor it is a low ebbe of Linnen with thee, when thou kept'st
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.ii.23that bawl out the ruins of thy linen shall inherit His
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.i.30have marvellous foul linen.haue maruellous fowle linnen.
King Edward IIIE3 IV.ii.75Come naked, all but for their linen shirts,Come naked all but for their linnen shirts,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.709linen. Since when, I'll be sworn, he wore none but aLinnen: since when, Ile be sworne he wore none, but a
MacbethMac V.iii.16Death of thy soul! Those linen cheeks of thineDeath of thy Soule, those Linnen cheekes of thine
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.iii.122may creep in here; and throw foul linen upon him, as ifmay creepe in heere, and throw fowle linnen vpon him, as if
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.iii.134.2linen
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.v.131'tis to be married; this 'tis to have linen and'tis to be married; this 'tis to haue Lynnen, and
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.ii.76and I will look some linen for your head.and I will looke some linnen for your head.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.ii.94do with the basket. Go up. I'll bring linen for himdoe with the basket: Goe vp, Ile bring linnen for him
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.ii.140Pluck me out all the linen.pluck me out all the linnen.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.ii.35In any case, let Thisbe have clean linen; and let not himIn any case let Thisby haue cleane linnen: and let not him
PericlesPer III.ii.108Get linen. Now this matter must be looked to,get linnen: / Now this matter must be lookt to
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.346Fine linen, Turkey cushions bossed with pearl,Fine Linnen, Turky cushions bost with pearle,
The Taming of the ShrewTS III.ii.64like the horse; with a linen stock on one leg and a kerseylike the horse: with a linnen stock on one leg, and a kersey
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.24linen. My father named me Autolycus, who, being, as ILinnen. My Father nam'd me Autolicus, who being (as I

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.680 For with the nightly linen that she wears For with the nightlie linnen that shee weares,

Glossary

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buckram, buckromrough cloth, coarse linen
cambricfine linen from Cambray, Flanders
dowlascheap coarse linen [from Doulas, Brittany]
hollandfine linen fabric
inklekind of linen tape, yarn
lack-linenbadly dressed, disreputable
lawn[type of] fine linen
linenpale, pallid, bleached
lockramtype of Breton linen fabric
rufffrill of stiff folded linen, worn around the neck
tenttreat with a tent [linen for cleansing wounds]; cure, remedy
threadenmade of linen thread
whitsterlinen-bleacher, whitener of clothing

Thesaurus

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coarse linenbuckram, buckrom
fabric, Breton linenlockram
fabric, fine linenholland
fine linenholland
fine linenlawn
frill of stiff folded linenruff
linen tapeinkle
linen, cheap coarsedowlas
linen, coarsebuckram, buckrom
linen, finecambric
linen, fineholland
linen, finelawn
linen-bleacherwhitster
tape, lineninkle
thread, made of linenthreaden

Themes and Topics

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Clothing...0 m f frill of stiff folded linen worn around the neck ...

Words Families

 3 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
LINENBASIClinen adj, linen n
LINENNOTlack-linen adj

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