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flinted

flinted is the simple past and past participle of flint.

Meaning of flint

Verb

flint (third-person singular simple present flints, present participle flinting, simple past and past participle flinted)

  1. (transitive) To furnish or decorate an object with flint.
    • No schoolboys lingered round Bob Robertson's (yclept Roberson's) blacksmith's shop, for this sleepy day no lusty throat bellowed attention to the flaming tongues fanned from its bloodily blazing teeth; no luminous stars flinted from the clanking anvil.1907, Barbara Baynton, “Human Toll”, in Sally Krimmer, Alan Lawson, editors, Barbara Baynton: Bush Studies, Other Stories, Human Toll, Verse, Essays and Letters (Portable Australian Authors; UQP...

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Questions about flinted

What is flinted the simple past and past participle of?
Flinted is the simple past and past participle of flint.

Words near flinted in the dictionary

  1. flint mill
  2. flint mills
  3. flint paper
  4. flint-eyed
  5. flint-hearted
  6. flinted
  7. flinthead
  8. flintheads
  9. flinthearted
  10. flintier
  11. flintiest

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