Definitions
1.NounA hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air."He used flint to make a fire."
2.NounA piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker."He used a flint to make a fire."
3.NounA small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
4.NounA variety of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.
5.NounAnything figuratively hard.
6.NounA tailor's employee who is paid by the day.
7.VerbTo furnish or decorate an object with flint.