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flint

flint \'flint\ \-.li-k\ n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG flins pebble, hard 
   stone] often attrib  1: a massive hard quartz that strikes fire with steel  
   2: something used for striking firs; specif : an iron and cerium al loy 
   used in cigarette lighters 3: something resembling flint in hardness  - 
   flint vt