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   lint

   /lɪnt/

   noun

   • 1. short, fine fibres which separate from the surface of cloth or yarn during processing: "some fabrics leave tiny specks of lint on the glass"
   • ▪ flax fibres prepared for spinning. Scottish
   • ▪ the fibrous material of a cotton boll.
   • 2. a fabric, originally of linen, with a raised nap on one side, used for dressing wounds: "he smeared ointment on a strip of lint"

   Word Origin late Middle Englishlynnet ‘flax prepared for spinning’, perhaps from Old French linette ‘linseed’, from lin ‘flax’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. linty adjective

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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