flint mill

noun

A mill in which flints are ground.

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Meanings

nounflint mill (plural flint mills)

plural flint mills

  1. potteryA mill in which flints are ground.
  2. historicalbusinessAn 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.
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