English Explanatory Dictionary

flint mill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mill in which flints are ground.
  2. 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.

Word forms

flint mill flint mills
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