单词 | delint |
释义 | delintn. Material consisting of short fibres removed from cotton seed. Cf. linter n.1 b.These fibres are left on the seed after ginning and have a lower commercial value than the longer fibres used in textile manufacture. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > cotton bombast1572 bombace1592 carding1600 cotton wool1857 nitrocotton1867 batting1875 lint1877 delint1896 viscose1896 linters1903 1896 Proc. Meetings & Circulars Central Freight Assoc. 163 A commodity rate of 34 cents per 100 pounds on cotton delint or mill sweepings. 1904 L. L. Lamborn Cottonseed Products iv. 51 Linters, or delint, as the short fiber is also called, find extensive application in the arts. 1999 1997 Econ. Census: Manufacturing & Mining (U.S. Bureau of Census) App. B 2/2 (table) Raw linters (excluding battings, pads, and linters pulp, including all linters cuts, hull fiber, delint and oil mill motes). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). delintv. 1. transitive and intransitive. To remove short fibres from (cotton seed), typically by a mechanical process or by using acid. Cf. delint n.Seeds are delinted in order to prepare them for further processing or for planting. ΚΠ 1888 A. Seibert U.S. Patent 383,374 (title) Machine for delinting cotton seed. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 2 Jan. 7/2 A new process for delinting and hulling the cotton seed. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 591/1 The United States supplied large quantities of nitro-cellulose propellant for the Allies and for its own army, and used as raw material a considerable proportion of the shorter fibre ‘waste’ from the delinted cotton seed. 2004 P. Ramamurthy in J. Timmons Roberts et al. Globalization & Devel. Reader (2015) xiii. 219 They are sent back to the farmer's fields after dinner to delint the cottonseeds from the cotton bolls. 2. transitive. To remove fluff, loose fibres, etc., from (an item of clothing, tumble dryer filter, etc.). ΚΠ 1937 Sunday News & Tribune (Jefferson City, Missouri) 11 Apr. 9/2 (advt.) De Luxe Service featuring..3. Pockets and cuffs de-linted. 2020 Daily Mail (Nexis) 26 Mar. Show them how to check the drum for stray red socks that will leach colour into the next white load, and how to de-lint the tumble-drier. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1896v.1888 |
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