lint

fabric with a raised nap, used for dressing wounds; fluff; minute shreds of yarn

Not to be confused with:

lent – granted the use of something for a period of time: lent a book; allowed the use of money at interest

Lent – the period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, devoted to fasting and penitence

lint

(lĭnt)

1. Clinging bits of fiber and fluff; fuzz.

2. Downy material obtained by scraping linen cloth and used for dressing wounds.

3. The mass of soft fibers surrounding the seeds of unginned cotton.

[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 lī̆no- in Indo-European roots.]

lint′less adj.

lint′y adj.

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lint

(lɪnt)

1. (Textiles) an absorbent cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side, used to dress wounds, etc

2. (Textiles) shreds of fibre, yarn, etc

3. (Textiles) chiefly US staple fibre for making cotton yarn

[C14: probably from Latin linteus made of linen, from līnum flax]

ˈlinty adj

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lint

(lɪnt)

n.

1. minute shreds or ravelings of yarn.

2. staple cotton fiber used to make yarn.

3. a soft material for dressing wounds, made from linen.

[1325–75; Middle English, variant of linnet; compare Middle French linette linseed, Old English līnet- flax in līnetwige linnet]

lint′y, adj. lint•i•er, lint•i•est.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	lint - fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn raveling, ravelling - a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
	2.	lint - cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

Translations

قِطَع صَغيرَه من القُطننَسيج كُتّاني لِتَضْميد الجِراح

cupaninašatovina

fnuggazebindnullermand

Fussel Wundverband

nukka

ouate peluche

tépés

línskafló

garza

korpija

šarpija, kokvilnas pluči

charpi dott forbindingsstoff lo

корпия

textilný prachvyzrnené bavlnené vlákno

hafif tüyketen tiftiği

棉绒软麻布

lint

[lɪnt] N → hilas fpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lint

[ˈlɪnt] n → tissu ouaté (pour pansements)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lint

n → Scharpie f, → Mull m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lint

[lɪnt] n (Med) → garza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

lint

(lint) noun

1. linen in the form of a soft fluffy material for putting over wounds.

2. very small pieces of fluff from cotton etc.

lint

1. n. fibra de algodón;

2. partículas desprendidas de la ropa.

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Todd, laying down the probe with the air of a man who had assumed it merely in compliance with forms; and, turning to Richard, he fingered the lint with the appearance of great care and foresight.

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Many articles of clothing and a good part of my plate have since been picked up in different quarters of the town, lint the furniture in general was cut to pieces before it was thrown out of the house, and most of the beds cut open, and the feathers thrown out of the windows.

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What a pity they didn't stop up the chinks and the crannies though, and thrust in a little lint here and there.

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I threw up my arm to defend myself from the blow that flung me headlong with a broken forearm; and the great monster, swathed in lint and with red-stained bandages fluttering about it, leapt over me and passed.

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With the sound of a faint explosion it vanished into the thick weather bodily, leaving behind of its stout substance not so much as one solitary strip big enough to be picked into a handful of lint for, say, a wounded elephant.

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The combatants were placed face to face, each with several members of his own corps about him to assist; two seconds, well padded, and with swords in their hands, took their stations; a student belonging to neither of the opposing corps placed himself in a good position to umpire the combat; another student stood by with a watch and a memorandum-book to keep record of the time and the number and nature of the wounds; a gray-haired surgeon was present with his lint, his bandages, and his instruments.

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I looked at the mahogany instrument case, and at the huge roll of lint, occupying places of their own on the book-shelves, and shuddered inwardly as I thought of the sounds, familiar and appropriate to the everyday use of Ezra Jennings' room.

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It's well that the charitable Prussian ladies send us two pounds of coffee and some lint each month or we should be lost!" he laughed.

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But in case this should not occur, the knights of old took care to see that their squires were provided with money and other requisites, such as lint and ointments for healing purposes; and when it happened that knights had no squires

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The doctor, taking an old handkerchief, quickly prepared a little lint, which he spread over the wounds, after having washed them.

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"Don't be silly, but get up, and I'll tell you something much better to do than sprawling on the floor and getting all over lint."

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The host was at his door and everything was prepared -- bed, bandages, and lint; and a groom had gone to Lens, the nearest village, for a doctor.

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