gunflint

/ˈgʌnˌflɪnt/
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Other forms: gunflints

Definitions of gunflint
  1. noun
    the piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon
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    type of:
    flint
    a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
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