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flint mills

flint mills is the plural of flint mill.

Meaning of flint mill

Noun

flint mill (plural flint mills)

  1. (pottery) A mill in which flints are ground.
  2. (historical) An obsolete appliance for lighting a miner at his work, in which flints on a revolving wheel were made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light without igniting the firedamp.

Questions about flint mills

What is flint mills the plural of?
Flint mills is the plural of flint mill.

Words near flint mills in the dictionary

  1. flint corn
  2. flint disease
  3. flint glass
  4. flint glasses
  5. flint mill
  6. flint mills
  7. flint paper
  8. flint-eyed
  9. flint-hearted
  10. flinted
  11. flinthead

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