資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lint \Lint\ (l[i^]nt), n. [AS. l[=i]net flax, hemp, fr. l[=i]n
   flax; or, perh. borrowed fr. L. linteum a linen cloth, linen,
   from linteus linen, a., fr. linum flax, lint. See {Linen}.]
   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.

   {Lint doctor} (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove
      lint from a printing cylinder.