flint in French
flint in French
silex
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
pierre à fusil
A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
silex
A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
pierre à briquet
A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.