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Definition of lint:

  • (noun) fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
  • (noun) cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side;

Sentence Examples:

We have stuffed lint as large as this into his stomach.

The preparation of a pound or two of lint a day was all that a laborer could accomplish.

And they put some sort of lint on the children.

Given to my wife to buy shoes with and lint, a dollar.

Apply several times daily by putting it upon lint or linen.

I warned him especially about lint and supporters.

Quite a few have consumption, too, from the dust and the lint.

Why did they gather straws, stems, lint, feathers, and grasses?

The wound had nearly ceased bleeding, thanks to some lint which I always carried about me.

The round object was still concealed by a dirty piece of lint.

The chemist had simply planked on some zinc ointment and lint.

She stood over him, nervously plucking bits of lint off the blanket.

Asked Uncle John, as Beth applied the lint and began winding the bandage.

The nurse was busy collecting some medicine bottles and fragments of lint.

"The blamed lint gits down my throat," was the reply.

This white stuff is the sort of lint they use in hospitals, cut into strips like this.

I remember her hair, which looked white in that light, but was no doubt lint color.

Here they pretended to busy themselves with lint.

"You're a brave lad," he said, when the pain was eased, and the last strip of lint put on.

He laid the lint on the wounds, and then bound them firmly and evenly.

The assistant had already hurried away to get lint and bandages.

How does the nose dispose of dust and lint?

He soon found lint enough for his wounds.

She keeps on hand a good stock of lint, bandages, and instruments.

I produced the roll of lint at once from the pocket of my monkey jacket.

"If you will fetch my bag down, there's some lint in it."

He said, as he stuffed some lint into a pouch, with some bandages.

Gently, but thoroughly, dry out the ear with a fine roll of lint or soft cotton.

In the evening she and Milly scraped old rags, to make lint for the wounded.

I'll scrape lint in my sleep every night for a hundred years!

Almost every other kind gives more lint (or picked cotton) than does this variety.

The dust an' lint give him consumption.

What creatures they were, lint-and-dust-covered to their very eyes.

He led her along through the main room, hot, lint-filled and evil-smelling.

The lint goes in one direction and the seed in another.

When the seed is taken from the cotton at the gin, it is covered with a lint of cotton.

This is done by stuffing it with long strips of lint round the tube.

Come right along to the Nest; I have bandages and lint all ready.

It is painful but thorough; it is spread on lint and renewed daily.

Apply to the face with a sponge or a piece of lint.

Have some linen and lint about you, it can do no harm.

His fingers shook as he spread out the lints and bandages.

Asked Walker, as he watched the doctor neatly cut the lint.

If her spinning pleases you, you may keep her till she spins all your lint.'

The Doctor said no more, for the young man came back with bandages, lint, and oil.

I beg you for the love of humanity to make lint and bandages for the wounded.

Lois hummed, picking bits of lint from her skirt while Phil deliberated.

He tore up one of his shirts for bandages, and Lily made lint of his collars.

How can I help it when you put the lint in another place?

Then it is lined with white vegetable lint or down.

Clara saw the women and girls making lint, and she wanted to make lint too.

He also describes a machine for separating the seed from the fiber or lint.

A very small proportion by weight of the plant is taken by the lint.

It is more hardy, and yields a greater proportion of lint to the seed.

Bandages and lint were applied to stop the flow of blood.

To modify code to remove problems detected when linting.

Ladies were busy scraping lint, and preparing bandages.

"From all parts of the empire persons sent lint, bandages, etc., by post to the army."

"I'd hate to describe you this minute, your face beaming through all that lint."

The separation of lint from seed is accomplished in various ways.

He applied cold water, lints and bandages.

I will get a bandage from my cabin, and some lint, and set it all right in five minutes.

Angelica will make flower studies, and I will rip cloth for bandages, and pick lint.

Making lint was the evening work of families; it might be of some use to the soldiers.

If applied at once upon soft lint, which absorbs the poison, the relief is immediate.

See that all dust and dirt is thoroughly removed, also lint from the seams.

A wooden leg is all very well; but a head wrapped up in lint, for a lover, never!

The teeth of the saws catch and carry through the lint from the seed.

The dressings were changed and fresh lint applied.

Talk is lint for the wounds of the world.

As you pass the chemist's tell him to get bandages, lint, and strapping.

"I dressed your wounds, I attended your sick and I sent you money, lint, and plaster."

Had a piece of lint on it, and I tried to get it off by stamping, that's all.

Is the world nothing but lint to you?

They are busy preparing bandages and lint for the wounded.

Denis sat forward, pressing the lint upon his forehead with his hands.

Beatrice stooped to flick an imaginary piece of lint off of her skirt.

She cut a fresh piece of lint and carefully spread the ointment upon it.

A friend in the Indian Medical certainly taught me how to adjust a strip of lint.

Lint-scraping and bandage winding were minor episodes.

The lint outfit in the chest is not half sufficient.

What a brilliant brain's hidden behind those lint bandages!

I looked round without removing my hands from the lint.

He took a piece of lint, and utilizing it as a sponge, bathed the wound.

I also wanted all the linen, lint and bandages that I could get.

The machine-made lint is prepared from a fabric woven on purpose.

She saw some lint on the ragged sun-washed carpet, and stooped to pick it off.

Both the seed and the lint are now used, the former producing valuable oil.

"That's good," he said, indicating the piles of lint and bandages.

Upon the outer surface they laid only lint steeped in wine.

You are hers, your only care to see that no harm comes to these lint locks.

An attendant cries that the packets of lint will be spoiled, and they are needed.

The women found employment in scraping lint for the wounded.

Under his arm he had a case of instruments and some lint.

Lind, hearing of my accident, brought me ointment and lint, and told me how to use them.

Apply to burn, covering with linen or lint.

These should be kept oiled and clean from lint and thread.

Wiping them with cloth distributes lint.

There's the sovereign ye kindly lint me, Brown.

Have ready for use two medium soft pads, free from lint.