A stone that can be used in striking fire. A flint (flint, n. 2), esp. the flint of a firearm. Now historical.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > lock > flint (4) firestoneeOE A stone that can be used in striking fire. A flint (flint, n. 2), esp. the flint of a firearm. Now historical. stone1613 A piece of stone of a definite form and size (usually artificially shaped), used for some special… A gun-flint. Obsolete. flint1660 A fragment of this stone used to kindle the powder in a flintlock, n. Also, a piece of metal (usually an alloy of misch metal with a base metal… gun flint1753 (see flint, n. 2b). |
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