Definition of Linting

1. lint [v] - See also: lint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Linting

linsidomine
linstock
linstocks
lint-free
linted
lintel
lintels
linter
linters
lintfree
lintie
lintier
linties
lintiest
linting (current term)
lintisite
lintless
lintol
lintols
lintonite
lintonites
lints
lintseed
lintseeds
lintuzumab
lintwhite
lintwhites
linty
linum

Literary usage of Linting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"... devised by him and NW Perry: The seed after linting is subjected to the action of nitrogen trioxide, ..."

2. Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1888)
"Her specialty is [«linting wild-flowers in water-colors, tier pictures have been exhibited at the water-color society of New York, in Brooklyn, ..."

3. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1850)
"A second linting machine, in so far as regards the adaptation of revolving cotters or knives, to the linting or raising of a pile on linen and other fabrics ..."

4. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1850)
"An improved linting machine in the general arrangement, combination, and peculiar ... A second linting machine, in so far as regards the adaptation of ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1857)
"3d. was tendered on behalf of the plaintiff as the price of the linting machinery, and refused by the defendants, who did not acknowledge the bargain. ..."

6. Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat: In the U. S by Edmund Roberts (1837)
"Among this number there is one American vessel, the linting, and occasionally there are two. In the commencement of the northeast monsoon, in October, ..."

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