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GUNFLINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gunflint" is a kind of...):
flint (a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony)
Holonyms ("gunflint" is a part of...):
flintlock (an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge)
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