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Definition of Gunflints
1. gunflint [n] - See also: gunflint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunflints
Literary usage of Gunflints
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Emporium of Arts and Sciences by John Redman Coxe (1812)
"Glaziers, an improved machine for, 454. Guyton's stove, on the principles of the
Swedish fire place, 105. gunflints, on the art of making, 33. ..."
2. The History of the Northern Interior of British Columbia: Formerly New by Adrien Gabriel Morice (1904)
"We have mentioned gunflints. At the time of which we write the guns in connection
with which they were used were still a luxury which only a few of the New ..."
3. The Chemical Trade Journal and Oil, Paint and Colour ReviewChemical engineering (1895)
"gunflints sound more interesting from an antiquarian than a commercial point of
view, but last year the knappers at Brandon produced 4j million ..."
4. Anthropology: An Introduction to the Study of Man and Civilization by Edward Burnett Tylor (1906)
"... the hunters far away in the hot, damp forests were better off with gunflints
than if they had to carry and keep dry a stock of caps. ..."
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