Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A process applied to many fibers, as flax, hemp, etc., reducing them to a short staple which can be worked on cotton-machinery.
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Examples
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Alternative methods of cottonizing flax are now being researched.
Just the flax, ma'am ewillett 2008
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