Definition of Linters

1. linter [n] - See also: linter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Linters

linseed
linseed oil
linseeds
linsey
linsey-woolsey
linseys
linsidomine
linstock
linstocks
lint-free
linted
lintel
lintels
linter
linters (current term)
lintfree
lintie
lintier
linties
lintiest
linting
lintisite
lintless
lintol
lintols
lintonite
lintonites
lints
lintseed

Literary usage of Linters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Information Annual (1917)
"The average gross weight of bales for the crop, counting round as half bales and excluding linters, was 505.6 pounds for 1915, against 507.2 pounds for 1914 ..."

2. The Road to France: The Transportation of Troops and Military Supplies, 1917 by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"For instance, horse collars and mattresses could be stuffed with hay or feathers or something else quite as well as with linters. The Ordnance Department ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"In an action for injuries to an employee struck by a bale of cotton linters, which fell off a slide with no guard rails to prevent bales from falling off, ..."

4. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"This seed is next treated by a saw linting machine which produces "linters." The quantity of linters extracted may be varied partly voluntarily, ..."

5. Bleaching and Related Processes as Applied to Textile Fibers and Other Materials by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1921)
"For the last mentioned uses it is not necessary to employ a long fibered or high-grade cotton, and cotton waste and linters are mostly used. ..."

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