flaxen thread

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Then over the tripod he balanced a ring which he held suspended by a flaxen thread of extreme fineness, and which had also been consecrated with mystic ceremonies.

From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Yonge, Charles Duke

The fine laces of Venice, France, and Belgium are all of linen, i.e. flaxen thread.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

The warp of these carpets was, in olden times, a strong, heavy flaxen thread.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

Grateful for the kindness and hospitality so liberally extended towards her, she never left a household without a gift of the most beautiful, even, fine, flaxen thread for the family use.

From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee

But autumn downward drove the kine, And clothed the wheel with flaxen thread, And sprinkled snow upon the pine, And bowed the silent spinster's head.

From Ionica by Cory, William (AKA William Johnson)