flint mill (English, noun)
expansion: flint mill (plural flint mills)
Senses:
qualifier: pottery
glosses: A mill in which flints are ground.
topics: business
mining
glosses: An obsolete appliance for lighting a miner at his work, in which flints on a revolving wheel were made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light without igniting the firedamp.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: flint mills
tags: plural