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Meaning Of Flint

  1. 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.
  2. n.
    A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.
  3. n.
    Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint.



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