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Meaning of 'flint' (Webster Dictionary)

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

Meaning of 'flint' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . flint [ s]
Meaning (1):
- showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
Example in sentence:
  • his flinty gaze;
  • the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart

Nearby Words:

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