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Oint vs Lint - What's the difference?

oint | lint |

As a verb oint

is to anoint.

As a noun lint is

a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

oint

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To anoint.
  • *Dryden
  • *:They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.
  • *, II.25:
  • *:to make his excuse more likely, he caused his legges to be ointed and swathed, and lively counterfeted the behaviour and countenance of a goutie man.
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    lint

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds
  • clinging fuzzy fluff that accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc
  • the fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant

    • Derived terms

    * lint-free / lintfree

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