lintĕŏlum

I. a small linen cloth, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 46: rosae folia tusa in linteolo, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 106; 31, 9, 45, § 100; Vulg. Ezech. 30, 21.—

II. Transf., a lamp-wick: ebrium, Prud. Cath. 5, 18.