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Definition of Flintiness
1. n. The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty.
Definition of Flintiness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being flinty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flintiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flintiness
Literary usage of Flintiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"It is not presumed that the flintiness in question is due to any immediate ...
The great bulk of the grains showing flintiness are, however, wrinkled and ..."
2. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1892)
"With an old experi- 'enced, careful maker like Mr. Dillon or Mr. Bell that is
the case. You get that flintiness that is one of the finest points of the best ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1912)
"... is put into the hybrid by the dent variety and the latent flintiness of the
sweet variety appears. In the same way crossing indicates that as the ..."
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