Linenize

To Linenize or Linenizing is the process transforming <a href="/facts/Paper/FUETwwKV">paper</a>, <a href="/facts/Cloth/PJrVeM5S">cloth</a>, <a href="/facts/Cotton/efXRcjbn">cotton</a> to attain properties of <a href="/facts/Linen/MHrhhjyW">Linen</a>, a <a href="/facts/Textile/PJrVeM5S">textile</a> made from <a href="/facts/Flax/rm28CMyJ">flax</a> plant fibers or <a href="/facts/Linens/LDvEnAI0">Linens</a> fabrics. It may be thought of as the process of making another process imitate linen. A product which has been processed to achieve linen-like properties is said to be linenized.
One method involves impressing a <a href="/facts/Linen/MHrhhjyW">linen</a>-like pattern onto the surface of <a href="/facts/Paper/FUETwwKV">paper</a>, <a href="/facts/Cloth/PJrVeM5S">cloth</a> or other <a href="/facts/Malleable/SBJsahEk">malleable</a> substance.
Linenizing is most frequently done on paper products and its use on paper products goes back to the early part of the 20th century.

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