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LINT
lint
(noun) cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
lint
(noun) fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
lint (usually uncountable, plural lints)
A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
Raw cotton ready for baling.
Etymology 2
Verb
lint (third-person singular simple present lints, present participle linting, simple past and past participle linted)
(transitive, computing) To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
Anagrams
• Int'l, int'l, intl.
Proper noun
Lint (plural Lints)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lint is the 13713rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2207 individuals. Lint is most common among White (95.29%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Int'l, int'l, intl.
Source: Wiktionary
Lint, n. Etym: [AS. linet flax, hemp, fr. lin flax; or, perh. borrowed fr. L. linteum a linen cloth, linen, from linteus linen, a., fr. lineum 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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