Definition of Linolium
Linoleum, a floorcloth, being a composition of cork and linseed oil
with chloride of silver.
- Wikipedia
Li*no"le*um (l&ibreve;*nō"l&esl;*ŭm),
n. [L. linum flax + oleum oil.]
1. 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.
2. A kind of floor cloth made by laying
hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas
backing.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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