[lɪnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- short, fine fibres which separate from the surface of cloth or yarn during processing
(e.g: some fabrics leave tiny specks of lint on the glass)

- a fabric, originally of linen, with a raised nap on one side, used for dressing wounds
(e.g: he smeared ointment on a strip of lint)


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Origin:
late Middle English lynnet ‘flax prepared for spinning’, perhaps from Old French linette ‘linseed’, from lin ‘flax’