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Flax Fibers Crossword Clue

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noun

• the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope

verb

• drag behind

40%10 Smoothed with a metal comb, as flax fibers
verb

• To separate (flax fibers) with a hatchel, or comb.

38%8 A machine used in flax-mills for scutching flax.
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