Lint
Lint (lint) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon līnet flax, hemp, from līn flax; or, perh. borrowed from Latin linteum a linen cloth, linen, from linteus linen, a., from linum flax, lint. See Linen.]
1.
Flax.
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.
Collocations (1)
Lint doctor (Calico-printing Machinery) , a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.