a. [f. LINT1 + -Y1.] † a. Resembling lint; soft like flax or lint (in quot. fig.).
b. Full of lint or fluff.
1607. Middleton, Phœnix, II. iii. F 2. One good bang vppon a Buckler would make moste of our Gentlemen flye a peeces, tis not for these lintie times.
1705. N. Tate, trans. Cooley’s Plants, V. (1721), 392. To see such Kernels such strong Armour wear; First with a linty Wad wrapt close about, (Useful to keep green Wounds from gushing out).
1889. Gordon Stables, Dog Owners’ Kennel Comp., v. § 4. 54. Mixture of about two-thirds hardish hair and one-third linty.
1891. Bazaar, 20 Feb., 261/3. Swansdown … is better than cotton-wool, because it is not so linty.
