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FLINT, n.

1. In natural history, a sub-species of quartz, of a yellowish or bluish gray, or grayish black color. It is amorphous, interspersed in other stones, or in nodules or rounded lumps. Its surface is generally uneven, and covered with a rind or crust, either calcarious or argillaceous. It is very hard, strikes fire with steel, and is an ingredient in glass.
2. A piece of the above described stone used in firearms to strike fire.
3. Any thing proverbially hard as a heart of flint.
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Entry for 'Flint'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​f/flint.html.
 
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