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.]

lintless lint'less adj.
linty lint'y adj.

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[from Unix's lint(1), named for the bits of fluff it supposedly picks from programs]

1. vt. To examine a program closely for style, language usage, and portability problems, esp. if in C, esp. if via use of automated analysis tools, most esp. if the Unix utility lint(1) is used. This term used to be restricted to use of lint(1) itself, but (judging by references on Usenet) it has become a shorthand for any exhaustive review process at some non-Unix shops, even in languages other than C. Also as v. delint.

2. n. Excess verbiage in a document, as in “This draft has too much lint”.

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An absorbent surgical dressing material.

For a list of words related to lint, see:

• Dressings and Supports - lint: scraped, softened linen, formerly used as dressing for wounds

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See words rhyming with "linty."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Lint.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - charpi, bomuldshår

Nederlands (Dutch)
linament, Engels pluksel, pluis(jes)

Français (French)
n. - (Méd) tissu ouaté (pour pansements), peluches

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fussel, Scharpie

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μοτός, ξαντό, λινή γάζα

Italiano (Italian)
filaccia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gaze (f) (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
хлопчатобумажное волокно, ниточки, пристающие к одежде, корпия

Español (Spanish)
n. - pelusa, hilas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - charpi, linneskav

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
绒布, 软麻布, 线头, 棉绒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 絨布, 軟麻布, 線頭, 棉絨

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 린트(방적사의 원료), 실 보푸라기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - リント布, けば, 糸くず, リント

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضمادة كتانيه, نسيل, نساله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רטייה מוכית (לפצע), פשתה, מוך‬

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