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Lint

Lint Meaning & Definition
Lint Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lint?

[n] cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
[n] fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lint:

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See Also | cloth | fabric | fiber | fibre | material | raveling | ravelling | textile

Lint In Webster's Dictionary

\Lint\ (l[i^]nt), n. [AS. l[=i]net flax, hemp, fr. l[=i]n flax; or, perh. borrowed fr. L. linteum a linen cloth, linen, from linteus linen, a., fr. linum flax, lint. See {Linen}.] 1. Flax. 2. Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics. {Lint doctor} (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.

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