[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

flint \flint\, n. as. flint, akin to sw. flinta, dan. flint;
   cf. ohg. flins flint, g. flinte gun cf. e. flintlock, perh.
   akin to gr. ? brick. cf. plinth.
   1. min. a massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in
      color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking
      with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. it is very
      hard, and strikes fire with steel.
      1913 webster

   2. a piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used,
      esp. in the hammers of gun locks.
      1913 webster

   3. anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding,
      like flint. "a heart of flint." --spenser.
      1913 webster

   flint age. geol. same as stone age, under stone.

   flint brick, a fire made principially of powdered silex.

   flint glass. see in the vocabulary.

   flint implements archaeol., tools, etc., employed by
      men before the use of metals, such as axes, arrows,
      spears, knives, wedges, etc., which were commonly made of
      flint, but also of granite, jade, jasper, and other hard
      stones.

   flint mill.
      a pottery a mill in which flints are ground.
      b mining an obsolete appliance for lighting the miner
          at his work, in which flints on a revolving wheel were
          made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light,
          but did not inflame the fire damp. --knight.

   flint stone, a hard, siliceous stone; a flint.

   flint wall, a kind of wall, common in england, on the face
      of which are exposed the black surfaces of broken flints
      set in the mortar, with quions of masonry.

   liquor of flints, a solution of silica, or flints, in
      potash.

   to skin a flint, to be capable of, or guilty of, any
      expedient or any meanness for making money. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
plinth flint age stone age stone flint brick flint glass 
flint implements flint mill flint stone flint wall liquor of flints 
to skin a flint 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

flint
     n 1: a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than
          chalcedony
     2: a river in western georgia that flows generally south to
        join the chattahoochee river at the florida border where
        they form the apalachicola river syn: flint river
     3: a city in southeast central michigan near detroit;
        automobile manufacturing
see also:
flint river 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 moby thesaurus words for "flint":
   adamant, bone, brand, brick, butane lighter, cement,
   cigarette lighter, concrete, diamond, firebrand, flambeau,
   flint and steel, granite, heart of oak, igniter, iron, light,
   lighter, marble, nails, oak, portfire, rock, sparker, spill, steel,
   stone, taper, torch

[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

flint
   abounds in all the plains and valleys of the wilderness of the
   forty years' wanderings. in isa. 50:7 and ezek. 3:9 the
   expressions, where the word is used, means that the "messiah
   would be firm and resolute amidst all contempt and scorn which
   he would meet; that he had made up his mind to endure it, and
   would not shrink from any kind or degree of suffering which
   would be necessary to accomplish the great work in which he was
   engaged." comp. ezek. 3:8, 9. the words "like a flint" are
   used with reference to the hoofs of horses isa. 5:28.
   

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

flint, mi city, fips 29000
  location: 43.02285 n, 83.69280 w
  population 1990: 140761 58724 housing units
  area: 87.6 sq km land, 1.1 sq km water
  zip codes: 48502, 48503, 48505, 48507
flint, tx
  zip codes: 75762

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

flint, mi -- u.s. city in michigan
   population 2000:    124943
   housing units 2000: 55464
   land area 2000:     33.632912 sq. miles 87.108838 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.429835 sq. miles 1.113267 sq. km
   total area 2000:    34.062747 sq. miles 88.222105 sq. km
   fips code:            29000
   located within:       michigan mi, fips 26
   location:             43.027577 n, 83.693996 w
   zip codes 1990:     48502 48503 48505 48507
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    flint, mi
    flint

Flint >> F Words
Flint, definition of term: Flint
flint_pag1.html

Flint Mi >> F Words
Flint Mi, definition of term: Flint Mi
flint+mi_pag1.html

Flint Glass >> F Words
Flint Glass, definition of term: Flint Glass
flint+glass_pag1.html