A mill in Northern Ireland in which flax is processed to make linen: (right) the flax is broken between rotating rollers, then (left) scutched by blades on a rotating wheel; a woman with a child carries away bundles of flax. Coloured stipple engraving by W. Hincks, 1791.

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