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Flint
·noun Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint.
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Flint
Abounds in all the plains and valleys of the wilderness of the forty years' wanderings. In Isa. 50:7...
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flint
The stone of a gun-lock, by which a spark was elicited for the discharge of the loaded piece.
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Flint
a well-known stone, a variety of quartz. It is extremely hard, and strikes fire. It was very abundan...
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Hearted
·adj Shaped like a heart; cordate.
II. Hearted ·adj Seated or laid up in the heart.
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Flint glass
·- A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is...
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Flint, Robert
D.D., LL.D.
(b. 1838)
Writer on philosophy, sociology, and theology. Philosophy of History in Euro...
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skin flint
An avaricious man or woman,
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skin-flint
A niggardly, close-fisted person--one so parsimoniously mean, that he would perform that operation w...
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Black-hearted
·adj Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
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Broken-hearted
·adj Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.
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Chicken-hearted
·adj Timid; fearful; cowardly.
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Cold-hearted
·adj Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.
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Dead-hearted
·adj Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.
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Dog-hearted
·adj Inhuman; cruel.
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Earthen-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted; sordid; gross.
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False-hearted
·adj Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious.
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Free-hearted
·adj Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth.
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Full-hearted
·adj Full of courage or confidence.
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Gentle-hearted
·adj Having a kind or gentle disposition.
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Great-hearted
·adj High-spirited; fearless.
II. Great-hearted ·adj Generous; magnanimous; noble.
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Half-hearted
·adj Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.
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Hard-hearted
·adj Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.
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Hare-hearted
·adj Timorous; timid; easily frightened.
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Hen-hearted
·adj Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted.
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High-hearted
·adj Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.
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Hollow-hearted
·adj Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.
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Iron-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master.
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Kind-hearted
·adj Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-heart...
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Large-hearted
·adj Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
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Light-hearted
·adj Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.
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Lion-hearted
·adj Very brave; brave and magnanimous.
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Open-hearted
·adj Candid; frank; generous.
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Pigeon-hearted
·adj Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.
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Plain-hearted
·adj Frank; sincere; artless.
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Public-hearted
·adj Public-spirited.
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Right-hearted
·adj Having a right heart or disposition.
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Shallow-hearted
·adj Incapable of deep feeling.
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Simple-hearted
·adj Sincere; inguenuous; guileless.
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Single-hearted
·adj Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.
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Soft-hearted
·adj Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; ...
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Stiff-hearted
·adj Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.
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Stone-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
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Stout-hearted
·adj Having a brave heart; courageous.
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Tender-hearted
·adj Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensi...
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True-hearted
·adj Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend.
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Warm-hearted
·adj Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.
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Weak-hearted
·adj Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted.
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Wise-hearted
·adj Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent.
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chicken-hearted
Fearful, cowardly.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hen-hearted
Cowardly.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to fix one's flint
is a phrase taken from backwoods life, and means the same as to settle; to do for; to dish.
"Take i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.