Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of cotton-gin for removing the short fibers, or lint, which remain on the cotton-seed after the first ginning; a linter.
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- noun A
machine that removeslint .
Etymologies
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delint + -er
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Examples
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In order to remove this the seeds are put through a delinter, which takes off the small, short fiber from the seeds, leaving them clean.
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