lint

5 definitions found

lint - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

lint - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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

lint - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  lint
  
     A Unix C language processor which carries out more
     thorough checks on the code than is usual with C compilers.
  
     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)
  

lint - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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 any exhaustive
     review process 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".
  

lint - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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