Meanings
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1
noun
a hard gray or black stone that can produce sparks when struck
The hiker struck flint to make a spark.
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2
adj
hard and unfeeling
He answered with a flint stare.
Thesaurus
Etymology
From Middle English flint or flynt, from Old English flint.
flynt
Middle English
flint
Old English
*flint
Proto-West Germanic
*flintaz
Proto-Germanic
*(s)plind-
Proto-Indo-European
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