- Gunflint
- Gunflint Gun"flint`, 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]
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Gunflint
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gunflint — [gun′flint΄] n. a piece of flint in the hammer of a flintlock, for striking a spark to set off the charge … English World dictionary
gunflint — /ˈgʌnflɪnt/ (say gunflint) noun the flint in a flintlock …
Gunflint lodge — is one of the oldest and the most well known lodges on the Gunflint Trail in Minnesota. It is located on Gunflint Lake, on the border of Ontario, Canada, and is open year round.Built in the 1920s by the Spunner family, the lodge was sold in the… … Wikipedia
Gunflint Trail — The Gunflint Trail is a 57 mile paved roadway that begins in Grand Marais, Minnesota and ends at Seagull Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA), near the US border with Ontario, Canada. Originally a foot path for travellers from … Wikipedia
Gunflint Chert — The Gunflint chert (1.88 Ga [cite journal title = The age of the Gunflint Formation, Ontario, Canada: single zircon U–Pb age determinations author = Fralick, P., David, D. W. and Kissin, Stephen A. journal = Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences… … Wikipedia
Gunflint Range — The Gunflint Range is an iron ore deposit in northern Minnesota in the United States and western Ontario, Canada. The range extends from the extreme northern portion of Cook County, Minnesota into Canada.ee also* Gunflint Chert … Wikipedia
Gunflint microfossils — ▪ paleontology assemblage of microscopic fossils uncovered in the Gunflint Iron Formation, a rock layer about two billion years old exposed in western Ontario, Canada. The fossils include filamentous structures resembling blue green algae… … Universalium
gunflint — noun Date: 1731 a small sharp flint fashioned to ignite the priming in a flintlock … New Collegiate Dictionary
gunflint — /gun flint /, n. the flint in a flintlock. [1725 35; GUN1 + FLINT] * * * … Universalium
gunflint — noun The piece of flint or other suitable natural stone that is used in a flintlock weapon to generate a spark … Wiktionary
