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   Lint (lĭnt), n. [AS. līnet flax, hemp, fr. līn flax; or, perh. borrowed fr. L. linteum a linen cloth, linen, from linteus linen, a., fr. linum flax, lint. See Linen.]
   1. Flax.
   
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   2. 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.
   
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   Lint doctor (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.
   
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