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Webster 1913 Edition
Lint
Lint
(lĭnt)
, Noun.
[AS.
līnet
flax, hemp, fr. līn
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lint
LINT
,Noun.
Flax; but more generally, linen scraped into a soft substance, and used for dressing wounds and sores.