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linter definition

linter (lintər)

noun

  1. a machine for removing the short, fuzzy fibers which remain stuck to cotton seeds after ginning
  2. these fibers, used in making cotton batting, guncotton, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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