linin

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended

From Latin līnum + -in. Known since the 19th century.

"You ain't goin' to prospect round these ditches, linin' them up for powder. — Desert Conquest; or, Precious Waters, A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
And she told Jenette, and Jenette told me, so's I know it is true, "that she might go right on, and get the parasol cover, and the trimmins to the dresses, cambrick, and linin' and things, and hooks and eyes." — Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete, Marietta Holley

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