Толковый словарь английского языка - flint
Flint
flint
I. biographical name Austin: father 1812-1886 & son 1836-1915 American physicians, II. geographical name river 265 miles (426 kilometers) W Georgia flowing S & SW into Lake Seminole, city SE central Michigan NNW of Detroit population 124,943, administrative area of NE Wales area 169 square miles (438 square kilometers)
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n. 1 a a hard grey stone of nearly pure silica occurring naturally as nodules or bands in chalk. b a piece of this esp. as flaked or ground to form a primitive tool or weapon. 2 a piece of hard alloy of rare-earth metals used to give an igniting spark in a cigarette-lighter etc. 3 a piece of flint used with steel to produce fire, esp. in a flintlock gun. 4 anything hard and unyielding. Phrases and idioms flint corn a variety of maize having hard translucent grains. flint glass a pure lustrous kind of glass orig. made with flint. Derivatives flinty adj. (flintier, flintiest). flintily adv. flintiness n. Etymology: OE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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