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flint
uncountable noun: Flint is a very hard greyish-black stone that was used in former times for making tools.

Flint in American English
a dark-colored variety of chert that produces sparks when struck with steel and that breaks into pieces with sharp cutting edges
city in SE Mich.: pop. 125,000
noun: a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous
transitive verb: to furnish with flint

flint in British English
noun: a town in NE Wales, in Flintshire, on the Dee estuary. Pop: 11 936 (2001)
noun: an impure opaque microcrystalline greyish-black form of quartz that occurs in chalk. It produces sparks when struck with steel and is used in the manufacture of pottery, flint glass, and road-construction materials. Formula: SiO2

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