Associations to the word «Gunflint»

Wiktionary

GUNFLINT, noun. The piece of flint or other suitable natural stone that is used in a flintlock weapon to generate a spark

Dictionary definition

GUNFLINT, noun. The piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky