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noun

Linoleum n.

Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.

A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.

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Etymology of 'Linoleum'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Linoleum" Quotes from Famous Books

... open door was Dick's office, a neat place of shining linoleum and small glass stands, highly modern and business-like. Beyond the office and opening from it was his laboratory, which had been the fruit closet once, and into which Dick on occasion retired to fuss with slides and tubes and ...

— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... kitchen again. She had to pause in the pantry because the bright squares of the linoleum, and the brassy faucets, and the glare of the geraniums outside the window seemed to ...

— The Treasure • Kathleen Norris

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