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Definition of flint
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Flint (n.) A piece of flint for
striking
fire; --
formerly
much used, esp. in the
hammers
of gun
locks..
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Flintiness
::
Flintiness
(n.) The state or
quality
of being
flinty;
hardness;
cruelty.
Fusee
::
Fusee (n.) A
flintlock
gun. See 2d
Fusil.
Flint
::
Flint (n.) A piece of flint for
striking
fire; --
formerly
much used, esp. in the
hammers
of gun
locks..
Gunflint
::
Gunflint
(n.) A
sharpened
flint for the lock of a gun, to
ignite
the
charge.
It was in
common
use
before
the
introduction
of
percussion
caps..
Xanthidium
::
Xanthidium
(n.) A genus of
minute
unicellular
algae of the
desmids.
These algae have a
rounded
shape and are armed with
glochidiate
or
branched
aculei.
Several
species
occur in
ditches,
and
others
are found
fossil
in flint or
hornstone..
Flintlock
::
Flintlock
(n.) A lock for a gun or
pistol,
having
a flint fixed in the
hammer,
which on
striking
the steel
ignites
the
priming..
Vitrifiable
::
Vitrifiable
(a.)
Capable
of being
vitrified,
or
converted
into glass by heat and
fusion;
as, flint and
alkalies
are
vitrifiable..
Flintware
::
Flintware
(n.) A
superior
kind of
earthenware
into whose
composition
flint
enters
largely.
Steel
::
Steel (n.) A piece of steel for
striking
sparks
from
flint.
Flint
::
Flint (n.) 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..
Flittermouse
::
Flittermouse
(n.) A bat; --
called
also
flickermouse,
flindermouse,
and
flintymouse..
Flint-hearted
::
Flint-hearted
(a.)
Hard-hearted.
Hammer
::
Hammer
(n.) That part of a
gunlock
which
strikes
the
percussion
cap, or
firing
pin; the cock;
formerly,
however,
a piece of steel
covering
the pan of a
flintlock
musket
and
struck
by the flint of the cock to
ignite
the
priming..
Screw
::
Screw (n.) An
extortioner;
a sharp
bargainer;
a
skinflint;
a
niggard.
Lock
::
Lock (n.) That part or
apparatus
of a
firearm
by which the
charge
is
exploded;
as, a
matchlock,
flintlock,
percussion
lock, etc..
Firelock
::
Firelock
(n.) An old form of
gunlock,
as the
flintlock,
which
ignites
the
priming
by a
spark;
perhaps
originally,
a
matchlock.
Hence,
a gun
having
such a
lock..
Pan
::
Pan (n.) The part of a
flintlock
which holds the
priming.
Litharge
::
Litharge
(n.) Lead
monoxide;
a
yellowish
red
substance,
obtained
as an
amorphous
powder,
or
crystallized
in fine
scales,
by
heating
lead
moderately
in a
current
of air or by
calcining
lead
nitrate
or
carbonate.
It is used in
making
flint
glass,
in
glazing
earthenware,
in
making
red lead
minium,
etc.
Called
also
massicot..
Chert
::
Chert (n.) An
impure,
massive,
flintlike
quartz
or
hornstone,
of a dull
color..
Flinty
::
Flinty
(superl.)
Consisting
of,
composed
of,
abounding
in, or
resembling,
flint;
as, a
flinty
rock;
flinty
ground;
a
flinty
heart..
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