lint

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 \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


   [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

   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)
    

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      tourniquet, triangular bandage