English Dictionary

silex

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsaɪlɛks/

名詞

古語 可算名詞 不可算名詞

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

日本語の意味

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

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

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。

意味（1）

(archaic) Flint.

意味（2）

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.

silices （ plural ）