Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Clinging bits of fiber and fluff; fuzz.
- noun Downy material obtained by scraping linen cloth and used for dressing wounds.
- noun The mass of soft fibers surrounding the seeds of unginned cotton.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete variant of
lunt . - noun Flax.
- noun A flocculent material procured by raveling or scraping linen, and used for dressing wounds and sores; charpie.
- noun Raw cotton that has been ginned and is ready for baling.
- noun Fluff; flue.
- noun A net.
- noun The netting of a pound or seine.
- noun A kerchief or net for the head.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Flax.
- noun 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.
- noun (Calico-printing Mach.) a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
fine material made byscraping cotton orlinen cloth ; used fordressing wounds - noun
clinging fuzzy fluff thataccumulates in one'spockets ornavel etc - noun the
fibrous coat of thickhairs covering theseeds of thecotton plant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
- noun fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Considering that most of your clothes are polyester or cotton blends, the off flow lint is a good fire ignition source.
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Considering that most of your clothes are polyester or cotton blends, the off flow lint is a good fire ignition source.
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Maybe the lint is blue to make up for no blue food? leftover
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"Goodness, gracious, great balls of foreskin lint!"
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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When too much lint from the washer builds up in it and starts to overflow onto the patio slab, it is easy to clean it out; it beats having a stoppage in the drainpipes.
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