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(archaic) Flint. / A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc.

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silex

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silex

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsaɪlɛks/

Noun

archaic countable uncountable

(archaic) Flint. / A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc.

Japanese Meaning

火打石（旧語でフリントという意味。かつて火打石として使われた石） / 純度の高いシリカを細かく粉末状にしたもので、塗料の充填剤などに用いられる

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The hunter struck the silex against the steel to spark a fire on the damp morning.

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狩人は湿った朝に火を起こすため、火打ち石を鉄に打ち当てた。

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(archaic) Flint.

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A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc.

Every little cold gust that I observed in the Colorado country had this corkscrew character […] an auger, of diameter varying from an inch to a thousand feet, capable of altering its direction so as to bore curved holes, revolving with incalculable rapidity, and armed with a cutting edge of silex.

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silices

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