As a proper noun flint
is a city in michigan.
As a noun glint is
a short flash of light.
As a verb glint is
to flash briefly.
flint
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.
A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark.
A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
Derived terms
* gunflint
See also
* chert
* ferrocerium
Verb
(
en verb)
To furnish or decorate an object with flint.
glint
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A short flash of light.
- I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.
Verb
(
en verb)
To flash briefly.
To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
- (Robert Burns)
