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Flint

[flint]
–noun
1. Austin, 1812–86, U.S. physician: founder of Bellevue and Buffalo medical colleges.
2. his son, Austin, 1836–1915, U.S. physiologist and physician.
3. a city in SE Michigan. 159,611.
4. Flintshire.
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flint   (flĭnt)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. A very hard, gray to black variety of chalcedony that makes sparks when it is struck with steel. It breaks with a conchoidal fracture.

  2. The dark gray to black variety of chert.


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