Flint Definition
flĭnt
flints
noun
flints
A dark-colored variety of chert that produces sparks when struck with steel and that breaks into pieces with sharp cutting edges.
Webster's New World
A piece of flint used to produce a spark.
American Heritage
A piece of this stone, used to start a fire, for primitive tools, etc.
Webster's New World
A small piece of metal consisting of iron and misch metal, used to strike the spark in a cigarette lighter.
Webster's New World
Anything extremely hard or firm like flint.
Webster's New World
verb
flints
To furnish or decorate an object with flint.
Wiktionary
Origin of Flint
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Old English flint, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz (compare Middle Dutch vlint, Old High German flins, Danish flint), from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”) (compare Irish slinn (“slate, shingle”), Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plinthos)), from *(s)plei- (“to split”). More at split.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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