Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A piece of flint trimmed into the shape of a gun-flint, but somewhat larger, used with pyrites or steel for procuring fire from the sparks.
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Examples
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From the depths of the pouch emerged a silver-accented strike-a-light and a blackened hand torch.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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She loosed her fury by drumming on his sides, and like the spark off a strike-a-light, he bolted.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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She loosed her fury by drumming on his sides, and like the spark off a strike-a-light, he bolted.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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She loosed her fury by drumming on his sides, and like the spark off a strike-a-light, he bolted.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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From the depths of the pouch emerged a silver-accented strike-a-light and a blackened hand torch.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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From the depths of the pouch emerged a silver-accented strike-a-light and a blackened hand torch.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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She loosed her fury by drumming on his sides, and like the spark off a strike-a-light, he bolted.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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From the depths of the pouch emerged a silver-accented strike-a-light and a blackened hand torch.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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"If we run across any moose-signs, I'm going to try a call," said Dol, his strike-a-light eyes fairly blazing while he disclosed his purpose.
Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Isabel Hornibrook
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A strike-a-light turns into a hill which impedes pursuers (p. 75), [38] while a belt or head-axe serves as a ferry across a body of water
A Study in Tinguian Folk-Lore Fay-Cooper Cole 1921
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