Flint Synonyms & Definitions

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• FlintDefinition & Meaning in English

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

• FlintlockDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
2. (n.) A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.