n. | 1. | Flax. | |||
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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Noun | 1. | lint - fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers |
2. | lint - cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds |
lint - A Unix C language processor which carries out more
thorough checks on the code than is usual with C compilers. Lint is named after the bits of fluff it supposedly picks from programs. Judging by references on Usenet this term has become a shorthand for desk check at some non-Unix shops, even in languages other than C. Also used as delint. |