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English Dictionary: flinty by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flinty
adj
  1. containing flint
  2. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
    Synonym(s): flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flinty \Flint"y\, a. [Compar. {Flintier}; superl. {Flintiest}.]
      Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling,
      flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.
  
      {Flinty rock}, [or] {Flinty state}, a siliceous slate; --
            basanite is here included. See {Basanite}.
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