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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