Lint

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  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • noun. An obsolete variant of lunt.
  • 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. a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds
  • noun. clinging fuzzy fluff that accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc
  • noun. the fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "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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