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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Lint, n.

noun

[A-S. lín'et, flax, hemp, Dán. linned, linen; Lat. línteum, a linen cloth, linen, from línteus, linen, n., from línum, flax, lint. See LINEN.]

  1. Flax. Johnson.
  2. Linen raveled, or scraped into a soft substance, and used for dressing wounds and sores.