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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)

  1. Resembling or containing flint.
  2. (geology) Silieceous (including basanite).
    flinty rock; flinty slate
  3. Showing a lack of emotion.
  4. Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.

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