linter

The short fibers that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning.

A machine that removes these short fibers from the seeds of cotton.

A machine for stripping off the short-staple cotton-fiber which adheres to cotton-seed after ginning, preparatory to extraction of oil from the seed.

A corrupt dialectal form of lean-to.

Same as lint-doctor.

plural The short fibers of cotton which are removed by a second ginning process, from cotton-seed which has been once ginned. Also called regins.

The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning.