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FLINT
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Native American
Flint.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Northop in Flintshire, named with Old English norð ‘north’ + hop ‘enclosure (in marsh or moor)’, ‘enclosed valley’.
Male
Hebrew
 Jewish ornamental name, FLINT means "shotgun." Compare with another form of Flint.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint, Old English, Low German flint, or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual.Welsh : habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.
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English
Stream. Place-name and surname. Flint stone produces a spark of fire when struck by steel.
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African, Arabic, Christian, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian
Rock that can Penetrate Metal; Precious Stone; Like a Flint Stone; A Message; Tidings; Thorn
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Flint.
Surname or Lastname
English or Welsh
English or Welsh : habitational name from Little and Great Brickhill in Buckinghamshire or from Brickil in Flintshire, both probably named with Old Welsh brig ‘hilltop’ + Old English hyll ‘hill’.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, German
A Stream; A Flint-stone
Surname or Lastname
English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : probably a metathesized form of Hanmer, a habitational name from Hanmer in Flintshire.Swedish (Hamnér) : ornamental name from hamn ‘harbor’ + the surname suffix -ér, derived from the Latin adjectival ending -er(i)us.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, German
A Flint-stone; Stream; Place-name and Surname; Flint Stone Produces a Spark of Fire when Struck by Steel
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Native American
Nez Perce name meaning flint necklace.
Male
English
 English name derived from the Old English/Low German word, flint, FLINT means "stone splinter," originally used as a byname for someone "hard and tough as flint." Compare with another form of Flint.
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Indian
A narrator of Hadith (A daughter of ajlan)
Boy/Male
Hindu
King of the earth
Biblical
gates; hairs; tempests
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Straight Forward
Girl/Female
Biblical
Who brings profit.
Girl/Female
Australian, British, English, German
Bright Fame
Boy/Male
French, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian
Wolf; A Prince
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Muslim/Islamic
Name of Holy city
Girl/Female
Muslim
Close, Intimate, Good friend, Continuous
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lord of the World or the Creation
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n.
A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig.
n.
That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
n.
A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
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A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.
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Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot.
n.
The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
n.
Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint.
superl.
Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.
n.
A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.
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One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossil, as in flints.
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A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle.
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A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
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A genus of minute unicellular algae of the desmids. These algae have a rounded shape and are armed with glochidiate or branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches, and others are found fossil in flint or hornstone.
a.
Capable of being vitrified, or converted into glass by heat and fusion; as, flint and alkalies are vitrifiable.
n.
A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead.
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Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc.
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A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.
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The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty.
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A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flint enters largely.