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Soaks Flax

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verb

• place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

38%8 A machine used in flax-mills for scutching flax.
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24%10 Treatment may include warm water soaks and keeping the affected area clean
noun

• low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts

• infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe

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