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Definition of Gunflint
1. Noun. The piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon.
Definition of Gunflint
1. n. A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps.
Definition of Gunflint
1. Noun. The piece of flint or other suitable natural stone that is used in a flintlock weapon to generate a spark ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gunflint
1. the flint in a flintlock [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunflint
Literary usage of Gunflint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magnetite Deposits of the Eastern Mesabi Range, Minnesota by Frank Fitch Grout, Thomas Monteith Broderick (1919)
"For comparison a vertical section of the gunflint area is included in Plate II.
Broderick has proposed that the name gunflint formation be dropped and ..."
2. Report of the Royal Commission on the Mineral Resources of Ontario, and by Ontario (1890)
"gunflint and North lakes district. William Sedgwick, superintendent of the Barnum
mine at Ishpeming, Michigan, gave information relating to the occurence of ..."
3. The Iron-bearing Rocks of the Mesabi Range in Minnesota by Josiah Edward Spurr (1894)
"From the Embarras lakes region to the vicinity of gunflint lake the relations of
the strata have not well been made out, owing to the confusion arising from ..."
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