flint /flint/

1. A hard mineral, a variety of quartz, which sparks easily when struck with steel
2. A concretion of silica
3. A piece of flint, esp one from which sparks are struck, or one manufactured into an implement before (or after) the use of metals
4. A small piece of an iron alloy, used to produce a spark in cigarette lighters
5. Anything proverbially hard
6. A tailor or other worker demanding full union rates of pay, opp to dung (obs sl)

1. Made of flint
2. Hard

flintˈify transitive verb

To turn to flint

flintˈily adverb

flintˈiness noun

flintˈy adjective

1. Consisting of, containing a lot of, or like flint
2. Hard
3. Cruel
4. Obdurate

flint corn noun

A variety of maize with particularly hard grains

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