Abstract: An apparatus for delinting cottonseed employing an abrasive surface rotor having a wire mesh drum coaxially mounted therearound defining an annular space therebetween and both mounted for rotation relative to each other, means for forcing cottonseeds into said annular space and in contact with said abrasive surface to remove lint therefrom and out of a controlled seed outlet, and an air stream passing through said annular space and out of said apparatus with lint entrained within it and means for trash to drop through spacings of the wire mesh drum onto a conveyor.