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flint

N หิน ที่ ใช้ เป็น เครื่องมือ ของ คนใน ยุคก่อนประวัติศาสตร์ hin-ti-chai-pen-kreang-mue-kong-kon-nai-yuk-kon-pra-wad-ti-sad

flint

N หินเหล็กไฟ หิน ไฟ hin-leak-fai

flintlock

N ปืนไฟ ปืน คาบ ศิลา puan-fai

flinty

ADJ แข็งกระด้าง ใจแข็ง เหมือน หิน stony hard gentle kind kang-kra-dang

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLINT

n. 1. In natural history, a sub-species of quartz, of a yellowish or bluish gray, or grayish black color. It is amorphous, interspersed in other stones, or in nodules or rounded lumps. Its surface is generally uneven, and covered with a rind or crust, either calcarious or argillaceous. It is very hard, strikes fire with steel, and is an ingredient in glass.
2. A piece of the above described stone used in firearms to strike fire.
3. Any thing proverbially hard; as a heart of flint.

FLINTHEART, FLINTHEARTED

a.Having a hard, unfeeling heart.

FLINTY

a. 1. Consisting of flint; as a flinty rock.
2. Like flint; very hard, not impressible; as a flinty heart.
3. Cruel; unmerciful; inexorable.
4. Full of flint stones, as flinty ground.
Flinty-slate, a mineral of two kinds, the common and the Lydian stone.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLINT

Flint, n. Etym: [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock ), perh. akin to Gr. Plinth. ]

1. (Min. )

Defn: A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.

2. A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.

3. Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint. "A heart of flint. " Spenser. Flint age. (Geol.) Same as Stone age, under Stone. -- Flint brick, a fire made principially of powdered silex. -- Flint glass. See in the Vocabulary. -- Flint implements (Archæol.), tools, etc. , employed by men before the use of metals, such as axes, arrows, spears, knives, wedges, etc. , which were commonly made of flint, but also of granite, jade, jasper, and other hard stones. -- Flint mill. (a ) (Pottery ) A mill in which flints are ground. (b ) (Mining ) An obsolete appliance for lighting the miner at his work, in which flints on a revolving wheel were made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light, but did not inflame the fire damp. Knight. -- Flint stone, a hard, siliceous stone; a flint. -- Flint wall, a kind of wall, common in England, on the face of which are exposed the black surfaces of broken flints set in the mortar, with quions of masonry. -- Liquor of flints, a solution of silica, or flints, in potash. -- To skin a flint, to be capable of, or guilty of, any expedient or any meanness for making money. [Colloq. ]

FLINT GLASS

FLINT GLASS Flint " glass `. (Chem. )

Defn: A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass.

Note: The concave or diverging half on an achromatic lens is usually made of flint glass.

FLINT-HEARTED

FLINT-HEARTED Flint "-heart `ed, a.

Defn: Hard-hearted. Shak.

FLINTINESS

FLINTINESS Flint "i *ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty. Beau. & Fl.

FLINTLOCK

FLINTLOCK Flint "lock `, n.

1. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on stricking the steel ignites the priming.

2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp. , the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.

FLINTWARE

FLINTWARE Flint "ware `, n.

Defn: A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flint enters largely. Knight.

FLINTWOOD

FLINTWOOD Flint "wood `, n. (Bot. )

Defn: An Australian name for the very hard wood of the Eucalyptus piluralis.

FLINTY

Flint "y, a. [Compar. Flintier; superl. Flintiest.]

Defn: Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart. Flinty rockFlinty state, a siliceous slate; -- basanite is here included. See Basanite.

New American Oxford Dictionary

Flint

Flint |flint flɪnt | an industrial city in southeastern Michigan, an auto industry center since the Buick Company was established there in 1903; pop. 112,900 (est. 2008 ).

flint

flint |flint flɪnt | ▶noun a hard gray rock consisting of nearly pure chert, occurring chiefly as nodules in chalk. • a piece of this stone, esp. as flaked or ground in ancient times to form a tool or weapon. • 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, esp. in a cigarette lighter. ORIGIN Old English; related to Middle Dutch vlint and Old High German flins .

flint corn

flint corn ▶noun corn of a variety that has hard, slightly translucent grains.

flint glass

flint glass ▶noun a pure lustrous kind of glass originally made with flint.

flintlock

flint lock |ˈflintˌläk ˈflɪntˌlɑk | ▶noun 1 an old-fashioned type of gun fired by a spark from a flint. 2 [ usu. as modifier ] the lock on such a gun: an antique flintlock pistol.

Flintshire

Flintshire |ˈflɪntʃɪə, -ʃə | a county of NE Wales; administrative centre, Mold. It was part of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996.

flinty

flint y |ˈflintē ˈflɪn (t )i | ▶adjective ( flintier, flintiest ) of, containing, or reminiscent of flint: flinty soil. • (of a person or their expression ) very hard and unyielding: a flinty stare. DERIVATIVES flint i ly |ˈflintl-ē |adverb, flint i ness |-tēnis |noun

Oxford Dictionary

flint

flint |flɪnt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a hard grey rock consisting of nearly pure silica (chert ), occurring chiefly as nodules in chalk. • [ count noun ] a piece of flint, especially as flaked or ground in ancient times to form a tool or weapon. • [ count noun ] 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. ORIGIN Old English; related to Middle Dutch vlint and Old High German flins .

Flint

Flint |flint flɪnt | an industrial city in southeastern Michigan, an auto industry center since the Buick Company was established there in 1903; pop. 112,900 (est. 2008 ).

flint corn

flint corn ▶noun [ mass noun ] maize of a variety that has hard slightly translucent grains.

flint glass

flint glass ▶noun [ mass noun ] a pure lustrous kind of glass originally made with flint.

flintlock

flint |lock |ˈflɪntlɒk | ▶noun an old-fashioned type of gun fired by a spark from a flint. • the lock on a flintlock gun.

Flintshire

Flintshire |ˈflɪntʃɪə, -ʃə | a county of NE Wales; administrative centre, Mold. It was part of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996.

flinty

flinty |ˈflɪnti | ▶adjective ( flintier, flintiest ) of, containing, or reminiscent of flint: flinty soil | a flinty wine. • (of a person or their expression ) very hard and unyielding: a flinty stare. DERIVATIVES flintily adverb, flintiness noun

Duden Dictionary

Flint

Flint Substantiv, maskulin , der |Fl i nt |mittelniederländisch vlint, ursprünglich = Steinsplitter Feuerstein 1

Flinte

Flin te Substantiv, feminin , die |Fl i nte |die Flinte; Genitiv: der Flinte, Plural: die Flinten gekürzt aus: Flintbüchse, bei der ein Flint den Zündfunken lieferte Jagdgewehr zum Schießen mit Schrot figurativ umgangssprachlich der soll mir nur vor die Flinte kommen mit dem werde ich abrechnen die Flinte ins Korn werfen umgangssprachlich vorschnell aufgeben, verzagen ursprünglich vom Soldaten, der im aussichtslos gewordenen Kampf die Waffe wegwirft [und flieht ]

Flintenkugel

Flin ten ku gel Substantiv, feminin , die |Fl i ntenkugel |Geschoss für eine Flinte

Flintenschrot

Flin ten schrot Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das |Fl i ntenschrot |der oder das Flintenschrot Schrot 2 für eine Flinte

Flintenschuss

Flin ten schuss Substantiv, maskulin , der |Fl i ntenschuss |

Flintenweib

Flin ten weib Substantiv, Neutrum salopp abwertend , das |Fl i ntenweib |1 Frau, die eine Feuerwaffe trägt 2 Frau, deren kompromissloses Auftreten und deren [übersteigertes ] Selbstbewusstsein als unangenehm empfunden werden

Flintglas

Flint glas Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Fl i ntglas |das Flintglas < Plural: Flintgläser > englisch flint glass, zu: flint = Flint sehr reines, für optische Zwecke verwendetes Glas

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flint

flint /flɪnt /名詞 1 U フリント〘石英の一種〙.2 C 火打ち石, 発火石, ライター用の石 ▸ a flint and steel 火打ち石と打ち金〘火打ちの道具〙.3 U 非常にかたいもの ; 冷酷, 頑固 ▸ a heart of flint 冷酷な心 (as ) h à rd as (a ) fl í nt 石のようにかたい [頑固な ].s è t one's f à ce like (a ) fl í nt 断固とした態度をとる .～́ c ò rn 硬い粒のトウモロコシ .～́ gl à ss フリントガラス〘高級食器類や光学機械などに用いる〙.

flintlock

fl í nt l ò ck 名詞 C 1 火打ち石銃 (flintlock gun ).2 〖形容詞的に〗火打ち式の〈ライター〉.

flinty

flint y /flɪ́nti /形容詞 1 〖名詞の前で〗無情な, 冷酷な〈目つき表情人〉.2 火打ちの〈石〉.