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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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Give
::
Give (n.) To
yield;
to
furnish;
to
produce;
to emit; as, flint and steel give
sparks..
Flint Glass
::
Flint glass () A soft,
heavy,
brilliant
glass,
consisting
essentially
of a
silicate
of lead and
potassium.
It is used for
tableware,
and for
optical
instruments,
as
prisms,
its
density
giving
a high
degree
of
dispersive
power;
-- so
called,
because
formerly
the
silica
was
obtained
from
pulverized
flints.
Called
also
crystal
glass.
Cf.
Glass..
Flittermouse
::
Flittermouse
(n.) A bat; --
called
also
flickermouse,
flindermouse,
and
flintymouse..
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..
Sycoceric
::
Sycite
(n.) A
nodule
of
flint,
or a
pebble,
which
resembles
a fig..
Pelter
::
Pelter
(n.) A
pinchpenny;
a mean,
sordid
person;
a
miser;
a
skinflint..
Firestone
::
Firestone
(n.) Iron
pyrites,
formerly
used for
striking
fire; also, a
flint..
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..
Flint-hearted
::
Flint-hearted
(a.)
Hard-hearted.
Chrysoprase
::
Chrysoprase
(n.) An
apple-green
variety
of
chalcedony,
colored
by
nickel.
It has a dull
flinty
luster,
and is
sometimes
used in
jewelry..
Buhrstone
::
Buhrstone
(n.) A
cellular,
flinty
rock, used for mill
stones..
Chert
::
Chert (n.) An
impure,
massive,
flintlike
quartz
or
hornstone,
of a dull
color..
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..
Flinty
::
Flinty
(superl.)
Consisting
of,
composed
of,
abounding
in, or
resembling,
flint;
as, a
flinty
rock;
flinty
ground;
a
flinty
heart..
Flint
::
Flint (n.)
Anything
extremely
hard,
unimpressible,
and
unyielding,
like
flint..
Calyon
::
Calyon
(n.) Flint or
pebble
stone,
used in
building
walls,
etc..
Frizel
::
Frizel
(a.) A
movable
furrowed
piece of steel
struck
by the
flint,
to throw
sparks
into the pan, in an early form of
flintlock..
Flintiness
::
Flintiness
(n.) The state or
quality
of being
flinty;
hardness;
cruelty.
Musket
::
Musket
(n.) A
species
of
firearm
formerly
carried
by the
infantry
of an army. It was
originally
fired by means of a
match,
or
matchlock,
for which
several
mechanical
appliances
(including
the
flintlock,
and
finally
the
percussion
lock) were
successively
substituted.
This arm has been
generally
superseded
by the
rifle..
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