linty

Variant of lint

lint definition

lint (lint)

noun

  1. scraped and softened linen formerly used as a dressing for wounds
  2. cotton fiber used to make yarn
  3. the waste cotton remaining after ginning
    1. bits of thread, ravelings, or fluff from cloth or yarn
    2. this fluff caught by a removable screen in a clothes dryer

Etymology: ME linnet, prob. < lin, linen: see line

intransitive verb

to give off lint or fluff

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