Meaning of LINT
| Pronunciation: | | lint
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- [n] cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
- [n] fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
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| | See Also: | | cloth, fabric, fiber, fibre, material, raveling, ravelling, textile | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lint\ (l[i^]nt), n. [AS. l[=i]net flax, hemp, fr. l[=i]n
flax; or, perh. borrowed fr. L. linteum a linen cloth, linen,
from linteus linen, a., fr. 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.
{Lint doctor} (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove
lint from a printing cylinder.
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| | Definition: | | A Unix C language processor which carries out more thorough checks on the code than is usual with C compilers. Lint is named after the bits of fluff it supposedly picks from programs. Judging by references on Usenet this term has become a shorthand for desk check at some non-Unix shops, even in languages other than C. Also used as delint. [Jargon File] |
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