What is the meaning of Flint?

  • (n.) Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like 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.
  • (n.) A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, especially in the hammers of gun locks.
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HarvardWebster's 2011, flint, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/flint/definitions/2008664>.
MLAWebster's. "flint" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/flint/definitions/2008664>
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