lint

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

lint, n. [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.].

•  Flax.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

Lint doctor (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lint, n.
1 a fabric, orig. of linen, with a raised nap on one side, used for dressing wounds.
2 fluff.
3 Sc. flax.

Derivative

linty adj.

Etymology

ME lyn(n)et, perh. f. OF linette linseed f. lin flax

THESAURUS

lint

Ace bandage, Band-Aid, adhesive tape, air pollution, application, attritus, band, bandage, bandaging, binder, brace, 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, 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

ROGET THESAURUS

lint

Covering

N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.