LINT


Meaning of LINT in English

— lintless , adj.

/lint/ , n.

1. minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.

2. staple cotton fiber used to make yarn.

3. cotton waste produced by the ginning process.

4. a soft material for dressing wounds, procured by scraping or otherwise treating linen cloth.

[ 1325-75; ME, var. of linnet; cf. MF linette linseed, OE linet- flax (or flax-field) in linetwige LINTWHITE ]

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