FLINT
\flˈɪnt], \flˈɪnt], \f_l_ˈɪ_n_t]\
Definitions of FLINT
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
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- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.
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Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint.
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A piece of flint for striking fire; - formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.
By Oddity Software
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A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.
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Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint.
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A piece of flint for striking fire; - formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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