LINT

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Flax.

2.
n.

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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