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   flint

   /flɪnt/

   noun

   • 1. a hard grey rock consisting of nearly pure silica (chert), occurring chiefly as nodules in chalk: "houses built of brick and flint"
   • ▪ a piece of flint, especially as flaked or ground in ancient times to form a tool or weapon: "the early settlers also found a ready supply of flints in the chalk cliffs"
   • ▪ a piece of flint used with steel to produce an igniting spark, e.g. in a flintlock gun, or (in modern use) a piece of an alloy used similarly, especially in a cigarette lighter: "he struck a light with his flint"

   Word Origin Old English; related to Middle Dutch vlint and Old High German flins.

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