Flint

Noun

 * 1) A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.
 * 2) A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark.
 * 3) A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.

Derived terms

 * gunflint

Verb

 * 1)  To furnish or decorate an object with flint.

Thesaurus
adamant, bone, brand, brick, butane lighter, cement, cigarette lighter, concrete, diamond, firebrand, flambeau, flint and steel, granite, heart of oak, igniter, iron, light, lighter, marble, nails, oak, portfire, rock, sparker, spill, steel, stone, taper, torch

Etymology
flint:, from (compare  vlint:,  flins:,  flint:), from  (compare  slinn:,  πλίνθος:), from. More at split.

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Cappadocian Greek:
 * Catalan: sílex
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ildsten,
 * Dutch: vuursteen, keisteen
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Feuerstein, Silex
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 플린트
 * Latin:


 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: titnagas
 * Macedonian:, белутрак
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: sílex
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: silicit, rohovec, pazúrik, flint, buližník
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, sílex
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: flintoin
 * Welsh: callestr


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: vuursteen
 * Macedonian:, белутрак


 * Portuguese: pederneira
 * Russian:
 * Volapük: flintoin güna


 * Danish:


 * : pierre à fusil
 * : selce
 * : selce


 * : 부싯돌 (busit-dol)
 * : pedernal