= flint, n. 2 3.

An implement with chisel-shaped edge, of bronze or stone (but sometimes of iron), found among the remains of prehistoric man. It appears to have…

a prehistoric hatchet; cf. fairy arrow n. (a).

In Archaeology (see quot.).

a ‘flake’ or chip of flint used in prehistoric times as a cutting instrument.

An axe made of stone.

attributive and in other combinations uses in Archaeology (see sense 4 above) as flake-knife, etc.

A scraping instrument held in the hand. An implement of varying construction used by pre-industrial peoples for removing the hair from skins. Hence…

A simple kind of prehistoric flint implement; = scraper, n. 4e.

name for a palæolithic implement consisting of a natural stone very slightly adapted to be held in the hand, or used as a rude tool.

an ancient form of hand-mill consisting of a large base stone and a smaller upper stone, between which grain is placed and ground with a rubbing…

Archaeology. A rod-shaped flint implement, perhaps used in the manufacture of other flint tools. (See also quot. 1954.)

A flint scraping tool in which the working edge is at the end of the blade or flake and lies across its long axis; an ‘end-scraper’. (Cf. scraper, n.…

a prehistoric stone implement resembling, or used as, a hammer.

A figure or object having three arms or branches; spec. a prehistoric flint implement of this form.

A thin broad piece peeled or split off from the surface of something. Later also spec. a chip of hard stone used in prehistoric times as a cutting…

Archaeology. A prehistoric stone implement, typical of the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic periods, usually oval or pear-shaped and worked on both…

Archaeology. A pointed prehistoric tool, usually of stone, used for heavy-duty tasks such as breaking up rocks, soil, etc.

Archaeology. A roughly chipped stone implement, having one or both faces slightly convex. Also attributive.

A tool used for scraping. (Now only in sense 2).

The name given to certain flints which have been found in Tertiary deposits in England, France, and elsewhere, which have been claimed to be the…

a simple tool with a cutting edge, made by striking a few flakes from a pebble (cf. pebble tool n.).

A supposed pre-palaeolithic stone implement. Cf. eolith, n.

Archaeology. A flint with a chisel-shaped end, found in some mesolithic and neolithic cultures.

An object or item with a tapering tip. Archaeology. A pointed blade or flake of stone, used as a weapon or tool.

a type of microlith.

Archaeology. A small, shaped stone tool with a sharpened edge, typically used with a haft and characteristic of Mesolithic cultures.

Name of a long, narrow knife-like flint of Upper Palaeolithic date, having a sharp cutting-edge and blunted back. Usually Gravette point.

a form of prehistoric flint-tool.

A smoothing, polishing tool.

French phrases frequent in English use. a Chellean implement in the form of a shaped flint; a hand-axe; also attributive.

= grattoir, n.

Archaeology. A flint tool with a point like that of a chisel.

A rostro-carinate object.

a core (core, n.1 5) resembling a tortoise in shape.

Archaeology. A long, narrow flint-flake, used esp. as a tool in prehistoric times (see quot. 1959). Frequently attributive, as blade-axe, blade-cu…

a double-bladed tool, consisting of an axe and adze combined.

A small stone artefact of Mesolithic and Neolithic cultures, whose end forms a broad, chisel-like cutting edge, typically used as an arrowhead; a…

A rotating disc resembling a potter's wheel. Also attributive.

a simple tool made by chipping and shaping a pebble.

Archaeology. A stone tool of the scraper type discovered in the valley of the Vézère in south-west France, and dating from the early Magdalenian…

A type of prehistoric stone implement flaked on both faces. Also attributive.

Archaeology. A primitive core-tool with a sharp edge at one end.

thumbnail scraper (Archaeology), a kind of microlith made for scraping.

a small stone blade or flake struck from a prepared flint core.

Archaeology. A tongue-shaped flint tool or weapon.