"flint mill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flint mills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flint mill (plural flint mills)
  1. (pottery) A mill in which flints are ground.
    Sense id: en-flint_mill-en-noun-zqyoD13E Categories (other): Ceramics
  2. (mining, historical) 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. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-flint_mill-en-noun-4sddUs5M Categories (other): Mining, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Topics: business, mining

Inflected forms

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