Lint

//lɪnt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc. uncountable, usually

    "Clean the lint out of the vacuum cleaner's filter."

  2. 2
    cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds wordnet
  3. 3
    A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers wordnet
  5. 5
    The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant. uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    Raw cotton ready for baling. uncountable, usually
Verb
  1. 1
    To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors. transitive

    "You should lint your JavaScript code before committing it."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin līnum (“flax”).

Etymology 2

From the lint Unix utility, written in 1979, which analyses programs written in the C language, itself named after the undesirable bits of fiber and fluff found in sheep's wool (see etymology 1).

Etymology 3

* As an occupational English surname, from the noun lint, chiefly in the Scottish English sense "flax fibers for spinning." * As a Dutch surname, from several placenames with the element Lint, probably from linde (“lime tree”).

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