Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - flint

n. 1 a a hard grey stone of nearly pure silica occurring naturally as nodules or bands in chalk. b a piece of this esp. as flaked or ground to form a primitive tool or weapon. 2 a piece of hard alloy of rare-earth metals used to give an igniting spark in a cigarette-lighter etc. 3 a piece of flint used with steel to produce fire, esp. in a flintlock gun. 4 anything hard and unyielding. Phrases and idioms flint corn a variety of maize having hard translucent grains. flint glass a pure lustrous kind of glass orig. made with flint. Derivatives flinty adj. (flintier, flintiest). flintily adv. flintiness n. Etymology: OE