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1. Flint
   [Amtrak station] Baggage cannot be checked at this location; however, up to two suitcases in addition to any "personal items" such as briefcases, purses, laptop bags, and infant equipment are allowed on board as carry-ons. Of the 22 Michigan stations served by Amtrak, Flint was the 10th-busi...
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2. Flint
   [comics] ==History== Flint is Kenyan, and has survived much of the worst in Kenya`s recent history. Her father and brother were killed in border skirmishes with Tanzania in the mid `70s, and her mother was murdered two years later. She thus was brought up as a ward of the State. Her remarkab...
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3. FLINT
   The result of the debate was keep. Sjakkalle (Check!) 11:27, 22 May 2006 (UTC) ===List of islands by population=== The list in the page is a direct copyvio of the url in the "External Links" section. In addition to being a copyvio, the page it is copied from is an unreliable source - being some ran...
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4. Flint
   a type of stone favored for making stone tools because of its ability to fracture (like glass) in predictable and controllable ways
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5. flint
   the name frequently given to chert, especially that which is dark gray to nearly black and dully lustrous; in the past it was used rather widely for artifacts.
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6. Flint
   A maize (Zea mays indurata) having usually rounded kernels with a hard outer layer.
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7. Flint
   Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2) found in chalk. Chert is the equivalent in any other rock, i.e. flint is chert.
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8. Flint
   [n] - a hard kind of stone 2. [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 3. [n] - a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit
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9. Flint
   Nodules of stone found in layers in chalk deposits, extracted by digging or mining. Flint can be worked by splitting into shards, then shaped using percussion or pressure flaking. Uses: Tools - cutting blades, scrapers, axe heads Weapons - arrow heads, spear heads. Fire - struck on iron to produce a spark
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10. flint
    Compact, hard, brittle mineral (a variety of chert), brown, black, or grey in colour, found as nodules in limestone or shale deposits. It consists of cryptocrystalline (grains too small to be...
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11. Flint
    Flint is a glassy stone, which was commonly used in the prehistoric periods to make tools, such as microliths. In the Post-Medieval period gun-flints were made. It can be easily shaped by knocking it against other stone, bone or wood. The earliest flint tools were made in the Palaeolithic, but most ...
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12. Flint
    A hard silicate rock found in the form of nodules in chalk geology. When fractured it exhibits a dark, glassy surface. knapped fling has been deliberately fractured to give a shiny surface that can be used ornamentally. See also flushwork.
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13. flint
    a chalcedonic variety of quartz, sometimes associated with opal; found as nodules and nodular bands in chalk and as residual pebbles Category: Chemistry
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14. Flint
    a pure form of silica found in clay, but most frequently in the chalk deposits of south east England. Very hard and easily split, it has long been used as a building material, only dying out as brick became more widely available. A product of glacial action, flints are usually small and roun...
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15. Flint
    See flint.
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16. Flint
    Flint noun [ Anglo-Saxon flint , akin to Swedish flinta , Danish flint ; confer Old High German flins flint, German flinte gun (cf. English flint lock), perhaps akin to Greek ... brick. Confer Plinth .]...
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17. flint
    1. <chemical> A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in colour 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. ... 2. A piece of flint for striking fire; formerly much used, especially. In the ...
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18. Flint
    • (n.) Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint. • (n.) 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. • (n.)...
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19. flint
    (from the article `chert and flint`) very fine-grained quartz (q.v.), a silica mineral with minor impurities. Several varieties are included under the general term chert: jasper, ... ...remains of radiolarians settle to the ocean floor and form radiolarian ooze. When the ocean bottom is lifted and transformed into land, the ooze ... ...
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20. Flint
    city, seat (1836) of Genesee county, eastern Michigan, U.S. It lies along the Flint River, 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Detroit. It originated in ...
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21. Flint
    Flint is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `stream` Flint,Flynt Flint doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Flint appeared In the top-1000 was 48 years ago, In 1960. It ranked #820 In that year. . 1960 was a `top year` for the name Flint. (Based on 128 years of n...
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22. Flint
    The USS Flint was an American San Diego Class light cruiser of 6000 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Flint had a top speed of 35 knots and carried a complement of 597. She was armed with twelve 5 inch dual-purpose guns; twenty-eight 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; twelve 20 mm anti-aircraft gun...
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23. Flint
    [G.I. Joe] Flint is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series. He was originally created as a character for the Sunbow cartoon series in 1984, and later introduced into the comic book and produced as an action figure in 1985. ==Profile== Flint is the Warrant Office...
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24. Flint
    [band] Flint was a musical project fronted by Keith Flint of The Prodigy. The band consisted of Keith Flint (lead vocals), Jim Davies (guitar), Kieron Pepper (live drums) and Rob Holliday (bass), and Tony Howlett (drums). The band performed several gigs, their first being a brief set at Down...
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25. Flint
    [automobile] The Flint was an automobile marque that was assembled by the Flint Motors Division, Flint, Michigan between 1923 and 1927. Flint Motors was a wholly owned subsidiary of Durant Motors Company (USA). ==Assembly== The Flint was considered an assembled car because Durant Motors used...
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