Definition of lax

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Lax (v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber..

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Linseed :: Linseed (n.) The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained..
Galaxy :: Galaxy (n.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars..
Unbrace :: Unbrace (v. t.) To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To relax; to lay at ease.
Line :: Line (n.) Flax; linen.
Zemni :: Zemni (n.) The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows..
Eventration :: Eventration (n.) A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen..
Exsolution :: Exsolution (n.) Relaxation.
Smilax :: Smilax (n.) A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Spaad :: Spaad (n.) A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus..
Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch..
Cladophyll :: Cladophyll (n.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum)..
Relaxation :: Relaxation (n.) Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement..
Byssine :: Byssine (a.) Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.
Amianthus :: Amianthus (n.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus..
Card :: Card (n.) An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back..
Galaxies :: Galaxies (pl. ) of Galax.
Dewrot :: Dewrot (v. t.) To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting..
Fallax :: Fallax (n.) Cavillation; a caviling.
Linum :: Linum (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).
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