[khon khītranī] (n, exp) EN: miser ; niggard ; skinflint FR: avare [ m ] ; pingre [ m ] ; grippe-sou [ m ] ; rapiat [ m ] (fam. - vx) ; lésineur [ m ] (vx)

กระดาษทราย

[kradātsāi] (n, exp) EN: sand paper ; emery paper ; abrasive paper ; flint paper FR: papier de verre [ m ] ; papier (d') émeri [ m ]

เหล็กไฟ

[lek fai] (n, exp) EN: flint

ถ่านไฟแช็ก

[thānfaichaek] (n) EN: flint FR: silex [ m ]

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

flint

/F L IH1 N T//ฟลิน ถึ//flˈɪnt/

flints

/F L IH1 N T S//ฟลิน ถึ สึ//flˈɪnts/

flinty

/F L IH1 N T IY0//ฟลิ้น ถี่//flˈɪntiː/

flint's

/F L IH1 N T S//ฟลิน ถึ สึ//flˈɪnts/

flintoff

/F L IH1 N T AO0 F//ฟลิ้น ถ่อ ฝึ//flˈɪntɔːf/

gunflint

/G AH1 N F L IH0 N T//กั๊น ฝลิ่น ถึ//gˈʌnflɪnt/

flintlock

/F L IH1 N T L AA2 K//ฟลิ้น ทลา ขึ//flˈɪntlˌɑːk/

skinflint

/S K IH1 N F L IH0 N T//สึ กิ้น ฝลิ่น ถึ//skˈɪnflɪnt/

flintlocks

/F L IH1 N T L AA2 K S//ฟลิ้น ทลา ขึ สึ//flˈɪntlˌɑːks/

flintstone

/F L IH1 N T S T OW1 N//ฟลิ้น ถึ สึ โต๊ว น//flˈɪntstˈəʊn/

flintstones

/F L IH1 N T S T OW1 N Z//ฟลิ้น ถึ สึ โต๊ว น สึ//flˈɪntstˈəʊnz/

WordNet (3.0)WordNet (3.0)

flint

(n)a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

flint

(n)a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River, Syn.Flint River

flint

(n)a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing

flint corn

(n)corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm, Syn.Yankee corn, flint maize, Zea mays indurata

flintlock

(n)a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock, Syn.firelock

flintlock

(n)an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge

flintstone

(n)pebbles of flint used in masonry construction

flinty

(adj)containing flint

flinty

(adj)showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings, Syn.flint, obdurate, granitic, stony

gunflint

(n)the piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon

optical flint

(n)optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index, Syn.flint glass

niggard

(n)a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend, Syn.scrooge, churl, skinflint

wood ibis

(n)an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics, Syn.wood stork, Mycteria americana, flinthead

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Flint

n. [ AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. &unr_; brick. Cf. Plinth. ] 1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint. “A heart of flint.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flint age. (Geol.) Same as Stone age, under Stone. --
Flint brick, a fire made principially of powdered silex. --
Flint glass. See in the Vocabulary. --
Flint implements (Archæol.), tools, etc., employed by men before the use of metals, such as axes, arrows, spears, knives, wedges, etc., which were commonly made of flint, but also of granite, jade, jasper, and other hard stones. --
Flint mill. (a) (Pottery) A mill in which flints are ground. (b) (Mining) An obsolete appliance for lighting the miner at his work, in which flints on a revolving wheel were made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light, but did not inflame the fire damp. Knight. --
Flint stone, a hard, siliceous stone; a flint. --
Flint wall, a kind of wall, common in England, on the face of which are exposed the black surfaces of broken flints set in the mortar, with quions of masonry. --
Liquor of flints, a solution of silica, or flints, in potash. --
To skin a flint, to be capable of, or guilty of, any expedient or any meanness for making money. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Flint glass

(Chem.) A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The concave or diverging half on an achromatic lens is usually made of flint glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flint-hearted

a. Hard-hearted. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flintiness

n. The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flintlock

n. 1. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flintware

n. A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flint enters largely. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flintwood

n. (Bot.) An Australian name for the very hard wood of the Eucalyptus piluralis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flinty

a. [ Compar. Flintier superl. Flintiest. ] Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flinty rock, or
Flinty state, a siliceous slate; -- basanite is here included. See Basanite. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gunflint

n. A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps. [ 1913 Webster ]

Skinflint

n. [ Skin + flint. ] A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

火枪

[火枪 / 火槍, huǒ qiāng, ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄧㄤ]firearms (in historical context); flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)#32198[Add to Longdo]

火石

[火石, huǒ shí, ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕˊ]flint (stone)#42311[Add to Longdo]

燧

[燧, suì, ㄙㄨㄟˋ]fire; speculum; to obtain fire by drilling wood, striking flint, sun's rays etc#76864[Add to Longdo]

燧石

[燧石, suì shí, ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄕˊ]flint#108522[Add to Longdo]

砮

[砮, nǔ, ㄋㄨˇ]flint#705939[Add to Longdo]

打火石

[打火石, dǎ huǒ shí, ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕˊ]flint[Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Feuerstein { m }; Flint { m } | Feuersteine { pl }

flint | flints[Add to Longdo]

Flinte { f }

musket[Add to Longdo]

Flinte { f } | Flinten { pl }

shot gun | shot guns[Add to Longdo]

Flintenschuss { m }; Kanonenschuss { m } | Flintenschüsse { pl }; Kanonenschüsse { pl }

gunshot | gunshots[Add to Longdo]

Flintglas { n }; farbloses Glas

flint glass[Add to Longdo]

Flintschlagplatz { m }

flaking station[Add to Longdo]

Geizhals { m }

skinflint[Add to Longdo]

Härte { f }

flintiness[Add to Longdo]

Herz { n } | Herzen { pl } | ein Herz aus Stein | ein Herz aus Stein | ins Herz schließen | ins Herz geschlossen | jdn. ans Herz drücken | jdm. ans Herz gewachsen sein | ans Herz drücken; an die Brust drücken; ins Herz schließen | aus tiefstem Herzen; aus innerster Seele | aus tiefstem Herzen danken | etw. auf dem Herzen haben | sich etw. zu Herzen nehmen | schweren Herzens

Knicker { m } | Knicker { pl }

skinflint | skinflints[Add to Longdo]

Schrotflinte { f } | Schrotflinten { pl }

shotgun | shotguns[Add to Longdo]

Steinbeil { n }; Feuersteinbeil { n }

flint axe[Add to Longdo]

Steinschloss { n } | Steinschlösser { pl }

flintlock | flintlocks[Add to Longdo]

Steinschlossgewehr { n } [ mil. ] [ hist. ]

flintlock; flintlock musket[Add to Longdo]

Vogelflinte { f } | Vogelflinten { pl }

fowling piece | fowling pieces[Add to Longdo]

hartherzig; hart { adj } | hartherziger; härter | am hartherzigsten; am härtesten

flinty | flintier | flintiest[Add to Longdo]

die Flinte ins Korn werfen; das Handtuch werfen [ übtr. ]

to throw in the towel[Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT JP-EN Dictionary

けち

[kechi](n, adj-na) (1) (also 吝嗇) stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; cheesparing; miser; pinchpenny; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad; niggard; (2) shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; (3) petty; narrow-minded; quibbling; mean-spirited; (4) bad luck; ill omen; glitch[Add to Longdo]

けちん坊;吝嗇ん坊

[けちんぼう;けちんぼ, kechinbou ; kechinbo](n, adj-na) miser; cheapskate; skinflint[Add to Longdo]

フリント

[furinto](n) (See 火打石) flint[Add to Longdo]

フリント硝子

[フリントガラス, furintogarasu](n) flint glass[Add to Longdo]

火打ち金;火打金;燧鉄

[ひうちがね, hiuchigane](n) striker (triangular piece of steel used with flint to create sparks)[Add to Longdo]

火打ち石;火打石(io);燧石

[ひうちいし;すいせき(燧石), hiuchiishi ; suiseki ( sui ishi )](n) flint[Add to Longdo]

石火

[せっか, sekka](n) flint fire; flash[Add to Longdo]