Lint

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lint \Lint\ (l[i^]nt), n. [AS. l[imac]net flax, hemp, fr.
     l[imac]n flax; or, perh. borrowed fr. L. linteum a linen
     cloth, linen, from linteus linen, a., fr. linum flax, lint.
     See {Linen}.]
     1. Flax.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Lint doctor} (Calico-printing Mach.), a scraper to remove
        lint from a printing cylinder.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lint
       n 1: fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
       2: cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used
          to dress wounds

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "lint":
     Ace bandage, Band-Aid, adhesive tape, air pollution, application,
     attritus, band, bandage, bandaging, binder, brace, bran, cast,
     cataplasm, clue, compress, cosmic dust, cotton, court plaster,
     cravat, crumb, crumble, down, dressing, dust, dust ball,
     efflorescence, eiderdown, elastic bandage, epithem, fallout,
     farina, filings, floss, flour, flue, fluff, four-tailed bandage,
     fur, fuzz, gauze, grits, groats, kittens, meal, pile, plaster,
     plaster cast, pledget, poultice, powder, pussies, raspings, roller,
     roller bandage, rubber bandage, sawdust, sling, smut, soot, splint,
     sponge, stupe, swansdown, tampon, tape, tent, thistledown,
     tourniquet, triangular bandage
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  lint [from Unix's `lint(1)', named for the bits of fluff it supposedly
     picks from programs] 1. vt. To examine a program closely for style,
     language usage, and portability problems, esp. if in C, esp. if via use
     of automated analysis tools, most esp. if the Unix utility `lint(1)' is
     used. This term used to be restricted to use of `lint(1)' itself, but
     (judging by references on Usenet) it has become a shorthand for {desk
     check} at some non-Unix shops, even in languages other than C. Also as
     v. {delint}. 2. n. Excess verbiage in a document, as in "This draft has
     too much lint".
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  lint
       
          A {Unix} {C} language processor which carries out more
          thorough checks on the code than is usual with C {compiler}s.
       
          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}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-11-14)