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silex
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Silex is any of various forms of ground stone. In modern contexts the word refers to a finely ground, nearly pure form of silica or silicate . In the late 16th century, it meant powdered or ground up " flints " (i.e. stones, generally meaning the class ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Silex \Si"lex\, n. [L., a finit, a pebblestone.] (Min.) Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica , and Silicic .
Usage examples of silex.
The wood of the tree, in comparison with the bark, is relatively poor in silex, the duramen of an old tree giving only 2.
He, excuse me, she mounts a twin launcher for the SA-N-3 Goblet, and two quad launchers for SS-N-14 Silex antisub missiles.
Seeds of Phalaris were covered with a layer onefourth of an inch in thickness of very fine sand, consisting of extremely minute grains of silex coated with [page 475] oxide of iron.
The speaker stumbled sleepily past him toward the Silex, dressed in nothing but an athletic supporter.
In the Lowville of his youth there had been a diner with a plaque over the double Silex hotplate and that plaque had read IF YOU DON'T LIKE OUR TOWN, LOOK FOR A TIMETABLE.