Lint /(lĭnt)/

Lint

n.
  1. Flax.
  2. Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.

Phrases & Compounds
Lint doctor
a scraper to remove lint from a printing cylinder.