flint

• Two are made of flint, the largest one being bone; and hooks of exactly the same patterns really have been found within half a mile of the little valley I worked in that afternoon The fish-hooks shown in our picture have been thought to be best adapted for, and really used in, capturing cod-fish in salt water, and perch and pike in inland lakes. —  St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated
• There was a sharp click and a little shower of sparks as the flint-lock fell, and--that was all Missed fire, by all the furies!" —  The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast
• "What do you mean These here, sir," cried Fred's follower, drawing something out of the wallet Well, what's that--flint and steel Tinder box and bit o' candle, Master Fred. —  Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story
• Applying a glowing coal (the end of a burning stick) to the edge of the flint, and blowing on it steadily, after a few seconds a speck of the mineral will fly off, leaving a groove or indentation proportionate in size to the coal used and to the length of time applied. —  Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I
• But those who come to know New England people well, find that beneath the flint is fire. —  Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day

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