lintern.¹

Brit.

/ˈlɪntə/, U.S.

/ˈlɪn(t)ər/

Etymology: < lint n.¹ + -er suffix¹.

U.S.

a. A machine for stripping off the short-staple cotton-fibre from the cotton-seed after ginning. Also linter-machine. (In recent U.S. dictionaries.)

ΚΠ

1907 Times Financial Suppl. 11 Feb. 61/3 ‘Linters’ are largely used in the manufacture of mattresses, batting, carpets, cheap yarns, rope and twine, and in upholstery.

b. In plural. A product composed of the short downy hairs or ‘fuzz’ adhering to the cotton seeds (from which it is removed by the linter), which is unsuitable for spinning into yarn and is used as a source of cellulose, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > cotton

bombast1572

bombace1592

carding1600

cotton wool1857

nitrocotton1867

batting1875

lint1877

delint1896

viscose1896

linters1903

1903 E. A. Posselt Cotton Manuf. I. 49 The fibres, short or long, thus obtained, are technically known as ‘Linters’ and are delivered by the condenser of the linting machine as a sheet or film.

1904 L. L. Lamborn Cottonseed Products iv. 50 The purpose of delinting is to remove more completely the short fibres which form the ‘linters’... The products of delinting are the linters.

1922 Daily Mail 17 Nov. 4 New York Cotton..a total yield, exclusive of linters, of 9,773,000 bales.

1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses iii. 13 The short fibres from cotton seeds—to which the name of cotton linters has been given—are utilized for the cellulose solutions.

1967 C. R. Shaw & F. Eckersley Cotton iii. 11 The ‘linters’ from the second and third ginning are used in the waste trade.

1972 Sci. Amer. Dec. 48/2 The early man-made fibers were essentially recast molecules of cellulose originating in wood fibers or cotton linters (very short fibers).

1974 Sci. Amer. Apr. 52/1 Paper..has been and is made from rags, straw, cotton linters, bagasse..and flax.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

lintern.²

Brit.

/ˈlɪntə/, U.S.

/ˈlɪntə/

Forms: also 1700s lintan.

Etymology: Variant of lean-to n. and adj.

regional.

= lean-to n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > leaning against wall of other building

penthousea1400

to-fallc1425

lean-to1461

appentice1600

linter1736

skilling1799

skillion1843

1736 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1870) IV. 714 'Tis judged the cause [of a fire] was from a spark falling out of the lintan chimney (which was lower than the house).

1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island 10 A brown house of the kind that the natives call ‘lean to’ or ‘linter’.

1893 F. B. Zincke Wherstead: Some Materials Hist. (ed. 2) 261 A penthouse is a ‘linter’ (lean-to).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	linter
释义	lintern.¹ Brit. /ˈlɪntə/, U.S. /ˈlɪn(t)ər/ Etymology: < lint n.¹ + -er suffix¹. U.S. a. A machine for stripping off the short-staple cotton-fibre from the cotton-seed after ginning. Also linter-machine. (In recent U.S. dictionaries.) ΚΠ 1907 Times Financial Suppl. 11 Feb. 61/3 ‘Linters’ are largely used in the manufacture of mattresses, batting, carpets, cheap yarns, rope and twine, and in upholstery. b. In plural. A product composed of the short downy hairs or ‘fuzz’ adhering to the cotton seeds (from which it is removed by the linter), which is unsuitable for spinning into yarn and is used as a source of cellulose, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > cotton bombast1572 bombace1592 carding1600 cotton wool1857 nitrocotton1867 batting1875 lint1877 delint1896 viscose1896 linters1903 1903 E. A. Posselt Cotton Manuf. I. 49 The fibres, short or long, thus obtained, are technically known as ‘Linters’ and are delivered by the condenser of the linting machine as a sheet or film. 1904 L. L. Lamborn Cottonseed Products iv. 50 The purpose of delinting is to remove more completely the short fibres which form the ‘linters’... The products of delinting are the linters. 1922 Daily Mail 17 Nov. 4 New York Cotton..a total yield, exclusive of linters, of 9,773,000 bales. 1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses iii. 13 The short fibres from cotton seeds—to which the name of cotton linters has been given—are utilized for the cellulose solutions. 1967 C. R. Shaw & F. Eckersley Cotton iii. 11 The ‘linters’ from the second and third ginning are used in the waste trade. 1972 Sci. Amer. Dec. 48/2 The early man-made fibers were essentially recast molecules of cellulose originating in wood fibers or cotton linters (very short fibers). 1974 Sci. Amer. Apr. 52/1 Paper..has been and is made from rags, straw, cotton linters, bagasse..and flax. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lintern.² Brit. /ˈlɪntə/, U.S. /ˈlɪntə/ Forms: also 1700s lintan. Etymology: Variant of lean-to n. and adj. regional. = lean-to n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > leaning against wall of other building penthousea1400 to-fallc1425 lean-to1461 appentice1600 linter1736 skilling1799 skillion1843 1736 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1870) IV. 714 'Tis judged the cause [of a fire] was from a spark falling out of the lintan chimney (which was lower than the house). 1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island 10 A brown house of the kind that the natives call ‘lean to’ or ‘linter’. 1893 F. B. Zincke Wherstead: Some Materials Hist. (ed. 2) 261 A penthouse is a ‘linter’ (lean-to). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1903n.²1736
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