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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Lint

/(lĭnt)/ · IPA /lɪnt/
01 n. Flax.
  1. 1.
    Flax.
  2. 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.
Phrases & compounds
Lint doctor — a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.