flint mill
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Noun
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flint
mill
(
plural
flint mills
)
(
pottery
)
A
mill
in which
flints
are
ground
.
(
mining
,
historical
)
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
.
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