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lint - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Clinging bits of fiber and fluff; fuzz.
- noun Downy material obtained by scraping linen cloth and used for dressing wounds.
- noun The mass of soft fibers surrounding the seeds of unginned cotton.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Flax.
- noun A flocculent material procured by raveling or scraping linen, and used for dressing wounds and sores; charpie.
- noun Raw cotton that has been ginned and is ready for baling.
- noun Fluff; flue.
- noun A net.
- noun The netting of a pound or seine.
- noun A kerchief or net for the head.
- noun An obsolete variant of
lunt .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Flax.
- noun 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.
- noun (Calico-printing Mach.) a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
fine material made byscraping cotton orlinen cloth ; used fordressing wounds - noun
clinging fuzzy fluff thataccumulates in one'spockets ornavel etc - noun the
fibrous coat of thickhairs covering theseeds of thecotton plant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
- noun fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, variant of linet (from Old French linette, grain of flax, diminutive of lin, flax) or from Medieval Latin linteum, lint (from Latin, linen cloth), both from Latin līnum, flax; see lĭ̄no- in Indo-European roots.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Middle English linet, from Old French linette ("grain of flax"), diminutive of lin ("flax"); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum ("flax").
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Examples
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Considering that most of your clothes are polyester or cotton blends, the off flow lint is a good fire ignition source.
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Considering that most of your clothes are polyester or cotton blends, the off flow lint is a good fire ignition source.
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Maybe the lint is blue to make up for no blue food? leftover
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"Goodness, gracious, great balls of foreskin lint!"
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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- bran
- cast
- cataplasm
- clue
- compress
- cosmic dust
- cotton
- court plaster
- cravat
- crumb
- crumble
- down
- dressing
- dust
- dust ball
- efflorescence
- eiderdown
- elastic bandage
- epithem
- fallout
- farina
- filings
- flax
- floss
- flour
- flue
- fluff
- four-tailed bandage
- fur
- fuzz
- gauze
- grits
- groats
- kittens
- meal
- pile
- plaster
- plaster cast
- pledget
- poultice
- powder
- pussies
- raspings
- roller
- roller bandage
- rubber bandage
- sawdust
- sling
- smut
- soot
- splint
- sponge
- stupe
- swansdown
- tampon
- tape
- tent
- thistledown
- tourniquet
- triangular bandage
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