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lint
fabric with a raised nap, used for dressing wounds; fluff; minute shreds of yarn
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lint
(lĭnt)n.
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)n
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.
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| Noun | 1. |  lint - fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers |
| 2. | lint - cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds |
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Translations
قِطَع صَغيرَه من القُطننَسيج كُتّاني لِتَضْميد الجِراح
cupaninašatovina
fnuggazebindnullermand
nukka
tépés
línskafló
korpija
šarpija, kokvilnas pluči
textilný prachvyzrnené bavlnené vlákno
hafif tüyketen tiftiği
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lint
n → Scharpie f, → Mull m
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lint
(lint) noun1. linen in the form of a soft fluffy material for putting over wounds.
2. very small pieces of fluff from cotton etc.
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lint
1. n. fibra de algodón;
2. partículas desprendidas de la ropa.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012