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Gunflint   Listen
noun
Gunflint  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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Gunflint" Quotes from Famous Books



... a gunflint," returned MacFearsome, with a twinkling glance from under his bushy grey eyebrows; "if ye had not saved Loo's life twice, and mine three times, I'd scorn to let you wed her. But you'll have to settle it right off, for the parson won't stop another day. He counted on spendin' ...
— The Thorogood Family • R.M. Ballantyne



Words linked to "Gunflint" :   flint



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