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Webster 1913 Edition
Flinty
Flint′y
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Flintier
; sup
erl.
Flintiest
.] Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint;
as, a
flinty
rock; flinty
ground; a flinty
heart.Flinty rock
, or Flinty state
a siliceous slate; – basanite is here included. See
Basanite
.Webster 1828 Edition
Flinty
FLINT'Y
,Adj.
1.
Consisting of flint; as a flinty rock.2.
Like flint; very hard, not impressible; as a flinty heart.3.
Cruel; unmerciful; inexorable.4.
Full of flint stones, as flinty ground.Flinty-slate, a mineral of two kinds, the common and the Lydian stone.
Definition 2024
flinty
flinty
English
Adjective
flinty (comparative flintier or more flinty, superlative flintiest or most flinty)
- Resembling or containing flint.
- (geology) Silieceous (including basanite).
- flinty rock; flinty slate
- Showing a lack of emotion.
- Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
Translations
Resembling or containing flint.
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