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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Flint, Flynt, sb. [ME. flynt, flint, OE. flint.] Flint, flint-stone. (Chiefly in comparisons.) 1375 Barb. xiii. 36.
Men herd nocht ellis bot … dyntis, That slew fire, as men dois on flyntis a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 707.
For ȝoure hartis ar herd as flynt ?1438 Alex. ii. 4867.
Togidder thay straik as fyre of flint a1500 Henr. Fab. 328 (A).
In at hir hole scho fled as fyre of flynt c1475 Wall. iv. 285.
He … slew fyr on flynt a1500 Doug. K. Hart 109.
The grundin dairtis … Wald mak ane hart of flint to fald and fle 1560 Rolland Seven S. 9536.
Speirs sprang like sparks as fyre dois of the flint