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Definition of flint
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of flint is as below...
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..
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Lock
::
Lock (n.) That part or
apparatus
of a
firearm
by which the
charge
is
exploded;
as, a
matchlock,
flintlock,
percussion
lock, etc..
Felsite
::
Felsite
(n.) A
finegrained
rock,
flintlike
in
fracture,
consisting
essentially
of
orthoclase
feldspar
with
occasional
grains
of
quartz..
Flinty
::
Flinty
(superl.)
Consisting
of,
composed
of,
abounding
in, or
resembling,
flint;
as, a
flinty
rock;
flinty
ground;
a
flinty
heart..
Calyon
::
Calyon
(n.) Flint or
pebble
stone,
used in
building
walls,
etc..
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..
Chrysoprase
::
Chrysoprase
(n.) An
apple-green
variety
of
chalcedony,
colored
by
nickel.
It has a dull
flinty
luster,
and is
sometimes
used in
jewelry..
Basanite
::
Basanite
(n.)
Lydian
stone,
or black
jasper,
a
variety
of
siliceous
or
flinty
slate,
of a
grayish
or
bluish
black
color.
It is
employed
to test the
purity
of gold, the
amount
of alloy being
indicated
by the color left on the stone when
rubbed
by the
metal..
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..
Flintwood
::
Flintwood
(n.) An
Australian
name for the very hard wood of the
Eucalyptus
piluralis.
Flittermouse
::
Flittermouse
(n.) A bat; --
called
also
flickermouse,
flindermouse,
and
flintymouse..
Pan
::
Pan (n.) The part of a
flintlock
which holds the
priming.
Hornstone
::
Hornstone
(n.) A
siliceous
stone,
a
variety
of
quartz,
closely
resembling
flint,
but more
brittle;
--
called
also
chert..
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..
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..
Cherty
::
Cherty
(a.) Like
chert;
containing
chert;
flinty.
Crystal
::
Crystal
(n.) A
species
of
glass,
more
perfect
in its
composition
and
manufacture
than
common
glass,
and often cut into
ornamental
forms.
See Flint
glass..
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..
Skinflint
::
Skinflint
(n.) A
penurious
person;
a
miser;
a
niggard.
Sycoceric
::
Sycite
(n.) A
nodule
of
flint,
or a
pebble,
which
resembles
a fig..
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..
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