flint mill

noun

Definitions

  1. A mill in which flints are ground.

  2. An obsolete appliance for lighting a miner at his work, in which flints on a revolving…

    An obsolete appliance for lighting a miner at his work, in which flints on a revolving wheel were made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light without igniting the firedamp.

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