What is "flint"

Flint \Flint\, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. Plinth.]

1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.

2. A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.

3. Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint. ``A heart of flint.'' --Spenser. Flint age. (Geol.) Same as Stone age, under Stone. Flint brick, a fire made principially of powdered silex. Flint glass. See in the Vocabulary. Flint implements (Arch[ae]ol.), tools, etc., employed by men before the use of metals, such as axes, arrows, spears, knives, wedges, etc., which were commonly made of flint, but also of granite, jade, jasper, and other hard stones. Flint mill.

   1. (Pottery) A mill in which flints are ground.

   2. (Mining) An obsolete appliance for lighting the miner at his work, in which flints on a revolving wheel were made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light, but did not inflame the fire damp.
      --Knight.

      Flint stone, a hard, siliceous stone; a flint.

      Flint wall, a kind of wall, common in England, on the face of which are exposed the black surfaces of broken flints set in the mortar, with quions of masonry.

      Liquor of flints, a solution of silica, or flints, in potash.

      To skin a flint, to be capable of, or guilty of, any expedient or any meanness for making money. [Colloq.]

Old English flint "flint; a type of rock noted for hardness and for giving off sparks when struck," common Germanic (cognates Middle Dutch vlint, Old High German flins, Danish flint), from PIE *splind- "to split, cleave," from root *(s)plei- "to splice, split" (cognates: Greek plinthos "brick, tile," Old Irish slind "brick"), perhaps a variant of *spel- (1) "to split, break off." Transferred senses (hardness, etc.) were in Old English.

n. 1 A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck. 2 A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark. 3 A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc. vb. (context transitive English) To furnish or decorate an object with flint.

1. n. a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

2. a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River [syn: Flint River]

3. a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing

Flint is a type of rock.

Flint may also refer to:

The Flint was an automobile marque that was assembled by the Flint Motors Division, Flint, Michigan between 1923 and 1927. Flint Motors was a wholly owned subsidiary of Durant Motors Company (United States).

Flint is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series. He was originally created as a character for the Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon series in 1984, and later introduced into the comic book and produced as an action figure in 1985. He is portrayed by D.J. Cotrona in the 2013 film G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

Flint (Victoria Ngengi) is a fictional comic book character from Wildstorm, created by Jeff Mariotte and Ron Lim. She is also a member of StormWatch.

Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white or brown in colour, and often has a glassy or waxy appearance. A thin layer on the outside of the nodules is usually different in colour, typically white and rough in texture. From a petrological point of view, "flint" refers specifically to the form of chert which occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Similarly, "common chert" (sometimes referred to simply as "chert") occurs in limestone.

Flint was a musical project fronted by Keith Flint of The Prodigy. The band consisted of Keith Flint (lead vocals), Jim Davies (guitar, formerly of Pitchshifter), Kieron Pepper (live drums) and Rob Holliday (bass), and Tony Howlett (drums).

The band performed several gigs, their first being a brief set at Download Festival 2003 (1 June). The first release "Asteroids" was released on 14 July 2003 and was a pink, limited edition 10" single available on vinyl. The second single titled "Aim 4" was released on 14 July 2003. The video for the second single was directed by Jonas Åkerlund, who also directed The Prodigy's " Smack My Bitch Up" video. Following the release of "Aim 4" the band planned to release their debut album "Device #1" on 28 July 2003; however, this release was cancelled. Shortly after its cancellation, the band decided to split up. Keith then went on to form a project titled Clever Brains Fryin' while Davis went on to form Victory Pill.

Flint remixed Marilyn Manson's mOBSCENE, with Keith providing new vocals. The following text was found from the official Marilyn Manson pages: "Pay attention! In London, we vandalized a Versace billboard with two gigantic Marilyn Mice and had an amazing crowd sing along to the three piano numbers. Keith Flint (The Prodigy) presented me with his new band's remix of Mobscene on which he sings. We discussed illegal behavior, participated in illegal behavior and became the best of friends over a bottle of Absinthe." ~ Marilyn Manson 21 April 2003.

Flint is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Austin Flint (1812–1886), American physician
• Austin Flint (1836–1915), American physician
• Bob Flint (born 1941), American/Hawaiian ceramicist
• Bruiser Flint (born 1968), American basketball coach
• Caroline Flint (born 1961), British Member of Parliament for the Don Valley
• Charles Ranlett Flint (1850–1934), American merchant and banker
• Derrick Flint (born 1924), English cricketer
• Douglas Flint (born 1955), British banking businessman currently the Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings
• Edwin Flint (1814-1891), American politician
• Eric Flint, American science fiction and fantasy author and editor
• F. S. Flint (1885-1960), English poet
• George Flint (American football) (born 1939), American football player
• Henry Flynt (born 1940), American philosoph and avantgarde musician
• James Flint (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jeremy Flint (1928–1989), English contract bridge player
• Jon Flint (Jonathan A. Flint), American venture capitalist and entrepreneur
• Judson Flint (born 1957), American football player
• Katja Flint (born 1960), German actress
• Keith Flint (born 1969), member of the British band The Prodigy
• Kenneth C. Flint, American fantasy novelist
• Larry Flynt (born 1942), American magazine publisher (commonly misspelled "Flint")
• Richard Foster Flint (1902–1976), American geologist
• Robert Flint (1838–1910), Scottish theologian and philosopher
• Rockwell J. Flint (1842-1933), American politician
• Roland Flint (1934-2001), American poet
• Valerie Flint (1936-2009), British historian
• Waldo Flint (1820-1900), American politician
• William Russell Flint (1880–1969), Scottish artist

Fictional characters:

• Derek Flint, the title character of Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967), a "hipster spy" played by James Coburn
• Marcus Flint, character in the Harry Potter series