英语词汇“flintify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

flint /flint/

noun

A hard mineral, a variety of quartz, which sparks easily when struck with steel

A concretion of silica

A piece of flint, esp one from which sparks are struck, or one manufactured into an implement before (or after) the use of metals

A small piece of an iron alloy, used to produce a spark in cigarette lighters

Anything proverbially hard

A tailor or other worker demanding full union rates of pay, opp to dung (obs sl)

adjective

Made of flint

Hard

ORIGIN: OE flint; Dan flint; Gr plinthos a brick

flintˈify transitive verb

To turn to flint

flintˈily adverb

flintˈiness noun

flintˈy adjective

flint corn noun

A variety of maize with particularly hard grains

flint glass noun

A very fine and pure lead glass, orig made of calcined flints

flintˈ-heart or flint-heartˈed adjective (Shakespeare)

Having a hard heart

flintˈ-knapper noun

A person who flakes or chips flints

flintˈ-knapping noun

flintˈlock noun

A gunlock or gun with a flint from which a spark is struck to ignite the powder