linseed oil n 1: a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints [syn: {linseed oil}, {flaxseed oil}]
Linseed \Lin"seed`\ (l[i^]n"s[=e]d`), n. [OE. lin flax + seed. See {Linen}.] (Bot.) The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. [Written also {lintseed}.] [1913 Webster] {Linseed cake}, the solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed from flaxseed. {Linseed meal}, linseed cake reduced to powder. {Linseed oil}, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed. [1913 Webster]