| 单词 | flint |
| 例句 | For example, Indigenous farmers of the Northeast always carried flints to start fires as needed. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I saved my city pants and burned them bit by bit to make charred cloth for the flint and steel. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin was the color of teak, his eyes chips of flint. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yes,” he says, “flint, steel, and magnesium are commonly used together for fire starters. I get it.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Now he had a knife in each hand—a flint knife, and a knife with a black bone handle—and he said, “Get back! Keep away from me! Don’t get any closer!” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Dimly lit glass cabinets filled the room, displaying swords, clubs, pistols, and every type of weapon in between, going back in time to a flint ax someone might have used to take out a mammoth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z So Sun Man knew what to do: He took the flint blade and he cut out the Gambler’s eyes He threw them into the south sky and they became the horizon stars of autumn. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m never angry with you. It takes two flints to make a fire. You are as cool and soft as snow.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying not to put in too much or too little, he trickled fine firing grains into the priming pan beneath the hammer lock and flint. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Then from an old flint and iron he caught a flame and thrust it into the straw and there was a blaze. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Ay, and out of it to better things,” said Thambi, with flint in his voice, “but for spawn like yours who have sold themselves cheaper than dirt.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Tom saw him stand up and walk slowly up the eastern hill, kicking at the flints on the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The flint stones and the little clay turtle fell out, followed by the string of coins. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Carrying their flints and torches, Native Americans were living in balance with Nature—but they had their thumbs on the scale. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Bran heard fingers fumbling at leather, followed by the sound of steel on flint. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Wolf was squatting over what he hoped would become a campfire, trying to get it started with two flint stones while Fox and Eagle watched. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Turquoise, macaw and parrot feathers, seashells, obsidian, flint, and animal hides were among the many items traded among all the peoples who were part of this trade network. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z She could feel the old women watching her, the ancient crones of Vaes Dothrak, with eyes that shone dark as polished flint in their wrinkled faces. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then I pat my pockets where I keep fishing lines and my flint and steel, and bring out my sling, now strung with rawhide. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My bare feet were getting sore from the flint rocks and saw briers. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack hefted the flint knife in his hand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Their hearts and consciences might be as hard as flint, but their pocketbooks were as sensitive as a cat’s whiskers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He offered him his friendship, invited him to bathe in champagne, tried to make him understand that the females of his family had insides made of flint, but he could not weaken his obstinacy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When the steel struck the flint, such men were rare as dragon’s teeth; elsewise the world would not have been so full of slaves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Jubilee, I think this is some of your best work. Louisa May Alcott said, ‘It takes two flints to make a fire.’ Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t have that many customers, because I charged hundreds of dollars for a piece of flint. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She took the vegetables she raised, flint and tinder, a machete. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His whole face was colourless rock: his eye was both spark and flint. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There, on the promontory, the blue-painted cannibals had piled up their cyclopean wall of unmortared stones, fourteen feet high and equally thick, with terraces on the inside from which they could hurl their flints. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I also had some flint and steel which I had bought at a Chinese store in the city. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It took me several minutes with flint and steel to get the fire going. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z ‘There is one thing I wonder about,’ he said as he lit it with his flint and tinder: ‘Wormtongue. You told Théoden he was with Saruman. How did he get there?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It held a change of clothes, a loaf of trail bread, some jerked meat, a skin of water, needle and thread, flint and steel, pens and ink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She picks up the flint and striker, brown eyes widening when she realizes what they are. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z With flint, steel, and tinder, he made a fire, which he told me to stoke with bits of wood. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Most of us lack expert knowledge of the flaking properties of flint and basalt and the fine motor skills needed to work them precisely. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Redemption’s voice was flint and doors and axes. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I lit it swiftly, hoping he would not notice the flint and steel. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear removed the flint stones from his waist pouch; they might scratch the shard. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He lays the torch against his hip and strikes flint. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The sun was beginning to set when Hazel woke to see Acorn listening and sniffing in the silence, between two white-skinned flints. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then fumbling for his flint and iron he caught, with a dried leaf for tinder, a flame to light the incense. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Notwithstanding the popular image of ‘man the hunter’, gathering was Sapiens’ main activity, and it provided most of their calories, as well as raw materials such as flint, wood and bamboo. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept them in his waist pouch along with his two flint stones and a ball of clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Bronn slid two fingers into the pouch at his belt and tossed down a flint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Over this he held the piece of flint. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Cook gave me four, along with tinder and flint. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z How is it that we now have intercontinental missiles with nuclear warheads, whereas 30,000 years ago we had only sticks with flint spearheads? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Might have taken three flints in this case.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She found the flint box—no sulfur matches here—and lit the neatly laid tinder and logs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Little Ann had cut the pad of her right foot on a sharp jagged flint rock. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The flint hills rose higher and wilder with each passing mile, until by the fifth day they had turned into mountains, cold blue-grey giants with jagged promonto-ries and snow on their shoulders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So the trainer has me work with flint, steel, and some charred cloth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He took the knife and flint from Tyrion's hands and struck sparks on his first try. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I jump and drop the flint and striker to the ground, barely keeping hold of the tinder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z On the train north to the Catskills I unwrapped my flint and steel and practiced hitting them together to make sparks. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Being handy with flint and tinder he soon had a small blaze going. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The flint rocks didn’t feel too good to my feet when I landed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Besides, Wylan isn’t just good with the flint and fuss. He’s our insurance.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He put the flint stones back into the pouch, then ate a rice cake from the bag, wrinkling his nose a little at the first bite. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He’ll begin to rub his flint blade and say “This is your last chance.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The average ancient forager could turn a flint stone into a spear point within minutes. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon was rising behind one mountain and the sun sinking behind another as Jon struck sparks from flint and dagger, until finally a wisp of smoke appeared. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The kindling of twigs and pine needles was lit with a spark from a flint stone, and when the fire was well on its way, the door of the kiln was sealed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I grab two and several replacement flints and cram them quickly in my pocket. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I am laying down good intentions, which I believe durable as flint. Certainly, my associates and pursuits shall be other than they have been.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z We spent that night packing them with supplies—herbal medicines, water purifiers, flint and steel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A single woman with a flint or fire stick could burn down an entire forest in a matter of hours. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Not content with that, Kinsworthy produced a flint from his wallet, struck sparks, and set ablaze the place I had called my home for thirteen years. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion struck the flint against his dagger, trying for a spark. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I clicked steel and flint together, even though I couldn’t see the tinder. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Brian took out his knife, opened it and locked the blade, and struck the back of the hard steel against the sharp edge of the flint. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Take this black flint knife, Sun Man, go ahead, cut out my heart, kill me.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He whistled softly when I kindled a spark with the flint and steel. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The ancient flint spearhead was manufactured in minutes by a single person, who relied on the advice and help of a few intimate friends. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z West of the road were flint hills, grey and rugged, with tall watchtowers on their stony summits. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So, armed with tinder, flint, and a striker, I slip out of my room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I couldn’t remember the last time I saw a fire started with flint and tinder. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The plan seems bound to founder in the last resource, when you consider flint everybody has gone away to France, and that I am the ruler of the Modern. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes a seat on a rock and watches me make a fire with my flint and steel. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Bone thin and bone hard he was, with a face that might have been chipped from flint. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When he heard the order, Ser Alliser’s mouth twisted into a semblance of a smile, but his eyes remained as cold and hard as flint. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I can’t believe with all this technology, in a ship that traveled across the galaxy, the same flint lighter from my seventh grade chemistry lab is what they have on the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The flints ignited torches, which were as important to the hunt as bows and arrows. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He struck the middle of the north wall He took a piece of flint and he struck the middle of the north wall. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I fumbled with the flint and tinder until a spark jumped, and I built a respectable blaze. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For more than 2 million years, human neural networks kept growing and growing, but apart from some flint knives and pointed sticks, humans had precious little to show for it. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up his waist pouch and put the flint stones and the turtle back inside. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z One held a few wild mushrooms; the other, bits and pieces that might come in handy one day—scraps of cloth, twine, flint stone. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z On the ground I start a small fire with my flint and steel and light the knot. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Sympathy could start a fire without flint or lift a heavy weight without cumbersome ropes and pulleys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Apart from large-scale cave art, the people of the Upper Paleolithic also produced small, hand-sized drawings and carvings in bone, horn, or stone, skillfully cut by means of flint tools. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I open the top drawer of the lab station, and sure enough, there’s a flint lighter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Crawling out on the ledge, my hands trembling, I lay a small pile of pine needles and twigs, then, taking out my flint and steel, strike a spark and start a fire. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede had taken flint from inside the house and was about to light the fire when Taisin said, “Wait. Let me bind the body to the earth first.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z With any luck, the territory would contain flint, jasper, or chalcedony, the raw material for spear points, meat scrapers, and other hunting tools. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He took a piece of flint from his pocket and got the pair of pliers and struck the flint against the serrated jaw. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Then tinder hits flint, a hiss splits the air, and a moment later, a torch catches fire with a whoosh. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He hadn’t expected it, but the dark flint was sharp and the cut was short. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z One of them was striking a flint to light a fire. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z We walked between rows of crops in a systematic way, looking for flint artifacts. The caveman’s home was not a cave 2014-01-27T01:00:00Z The slick black road became narrower, windier, became the single-lane track I remembered from my childhood, became packed earth and knobbly, bone-like flints. Neil Gaiman: The Ocean at the End of the Lane 2013-06-10T10:21:27Z Over the next fortnight, hundreds of historic sites, excavations, archaeology stores and museums will welcomethe public, with events including re-enactments, lectures and a chance to try skills, from flint knapping to dowsing. Relic of Harpocrates, the god of secrecy and silence, found at Silchester 2010-07-16T13:06:00Z Roberts sells almost 400 pounds of Appalachian heirloom sweet flint popping corn a week. Popcorn revival: Artisanal varieties put flavor in favorite snack 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z A display case in the exhibition — piled high with pig bones and pieces of flint and pottery — attests to the hustle and bustle of that settlement. What Was Stonehenge For? The Answer Might Be Simpler Than You Thought. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Such experiences would have tested a lesser man’s flint. The Survivor 2011-06-01T20:37:21Z My plot involved various time layers and improbable interweavings of badly realised characters, and the digging up of Mayan eccentric flints – that's what they're called – in a part of Mesoamerica I knew little about. Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure 2013-06-22T07:00:00Z The younger, rowdier La Flor tribe, which first found the influential accessory dangling from a tree at the beginning of the episode, earlier traded it in for flint and fishing supplies. 1st castaway kicked off 'Survivor: Nicaragua' 2010-09-16T04:01:00Z A trip to see Roman artifacts made a deep impression, in particular a glass case displaying flint arrowheads. Jan Fontein, Scholar of Asian Art, Is Dead at 89 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z After fending the boy off twice, Bird charged him a penny to replace the useless flint that Bean had thrown away. Killing Queen Victoria 2012-07-22T18:00:00Z And despite huge medical advances, brain surgery remains a brutal business, in some ways little changed since our ancestors bored holes in skulls with flint tools thousands of years ago. Brains! London exhibition looks inside our skulls 2012-03-27T16:31:04Z One flint weapon is so old it was fashioned by a pre-human. The riches of Venice Biennale 2013-05-28T13:14:56Z If it wasn’t the King Philip strain, then it was another closely related variety of sweet, deeply flavorful Northern flint corn. A Thanksgiving History Lesson in a Handful of Corn 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Davis Farm in Stonington, Conn., at the state’s southeastern tip, still grows a white flint corn that the family obtained around 1654 from a local tribe. A Thanksgiving History Lesson in a Handful of Corn 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The pre-emptive metaphor is clarified by its development, from gossamer to flint and platinum, the latter a metal particularly resistant to tarnishing by heat or chemicals. Luminary by RS Thomas: Poem of the week 2013-06-17T11:37:44Z With just the flint on our hunting knives, we steadfastly built fires. Mud, Worms and Ropes: A One-Day Survival Course 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z In some fields there were no flint sources anywhere nearby, so finding pieces of flint that are flakes, or otherwise worked, suggested that people carried flint from somewhere, used it for tools, and left it. The caveman’s home was not a cave 2014-01-27T01:00:00Z Maybe it was the resilience of the heirloom flint corn he grew. Growing sweet corn? Here’s how to keep your stalks from toppling. 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z One of the best features a series of rough-edged but wonderfully accurate creatures, including a wild cow, carefully chipped out of flint. Art Review: ?The Dawn of Egyptian Art? at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-04-12T22:17:19Z This is about half the time most corn needs to ripen, making Gaspé the earliest maturing Northern flint corn. A Thanksgiving History Lesson in a Handful of Corn 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z “Trump doesn’t need to pour gasoline over his head. Just drop a flint in that nest of dry brush he calls a haircut.” Seth Meyers stifles Donald Trump’s “crooked” polls whining: “Just because you draw big crowds doesn’t mean you’re winning the election” 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Also found were flint tools, including thousands of arrowheads, axes for chopping down trees, sickle blades and knives. Prehistoric city offers glimpse of ancient living near Jerusalem 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Required items include a knife, bandana, rain poncho and fire flint. A wilderness survival course leaves a novice camper hungry, cold and triumphant 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Abetting him are a group of fusty-sounding male schoolmates, who say things like “Wouldn’t you like to fix his flint?” and “I was mad as thunder.” Books of The Times: ?The Technologists,? by Matthew Pearl, Is Set in 1868 2012-02-23T00:25:22Z Forest floor, flint, stones or other things you would never put in your mouth? How to find a wine you like at a restaurant: First, know what to say 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z From the Turner we made the five-minute walk across the beachfront drive to the cobblestone streets and flint stone houses of Margate’s old town, the section most transformed by revitalization. The Art Crowd Returns to Kent, England 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Another early supernatural sleuth is Mr. Dyson, who in Arthur Machen’s “The Shining Pyramid” deciphers the disturbing implications behind some peculiar flint arrowheads, a young woman’s disappearance and what seem like a child’s scribbles. Review | Long before ‘Ghostbusters,’ fiction’s detectives were exploring the otherworldly 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Bomb ballistics, gun gears, phosphorous shells, nuclear detonators: for 80 years, the physics of death was tested and perfected out there on the shining expanses of flint. Robert Macfarlane's Untrue Island: the voices of Orford Ness 2012-07-08T18:01:01Z She’s a warm, agreeable singer, with neither the flint nor the sheen of a more dynamic peer like Ms. Lambert. Albums by Mary Lambert, Nico & Vinz and Angaleena Presley 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Roberts sells almost 400 pounds of Appalachian heirloom sweet flint popping corn a week. Heirloom Popcorn Helps a Snack Reinvent Itself 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z This is ripe sauvignon blanc, showing the mineral character of silex soils, which mix flint and sand. Wines for those winter-stew nights and beyond 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z It’s hard to be funny without malice, and discontent is so often the flint for humor. Nora Ephron’s Hollywood Ending 2012-06-27T22:28:16Z They pilfer some survival goods from Teddy’s garage — a barlow knife, a flint, some canned food — and bolt for the forest. They’re Not Lost in the Woods, They’re Thriving 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Some of the descriptions still apply to the place today – houses "where hang at open doors the net and cork", marshland with "samphire banks and saltwort", tarry boats and rounded flints. George Crabbe: The man behind Benjamin Britten 2013-06-14T17:00:01Z "The slick black road became narrower, windier, became the single-lane track I remembered from my childhood, became packed earth and knobbly, bone-like flints," Gaiman's narrator tells us. Neil Gaiman – on the street where you live 2013-06-21T11:51:58Z She carried a Danish dagger made of a single piece of flint. How to Prepare Now for the Complete End of the World 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Its name, in fact, means flint, from the local stone the Taínos shaped into cutting utensils and arrows. Driving the Seam of Hispaniola 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z There was more softness in cashmere coats and silk chiffon gowns, though even these were sequined in a Bauhaus-inspired motif that lent a bit of flint to dressy flou. Fashion Review: Coach and Hugo Boss Show at New York Fashion Week 2014-02-14T00:33:16Z At the entrance to the church, she reaches out to touch the beige flint, even trying to pull out the stones. ‘Once visitors arrive, it’s easy to seduce them’: Le Havre celebrates its 500th year 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis said his farm has lost the King Philip corn that once grew there, but has kept its white flint line going. A Thanksgiving History Lesson in a Handful of Corn 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z A few precious offerings, including an exquisitely worked flint arrowhead, were carefully laid on the clean chalk. Was Marden Henge the builder's yard for Stonehenge? 2010-07-28T16:28:00Z The Quapaw and Caddo peoples lived here for thousands of years, mining the region’s ubiquitous novaculite, a type of flint stone, for weapons. Soaking up history in Arkansas’ Hot Springs National Park 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Fingers motion at eagles, at orchids, at Idas blue butterflies like shattered flints of sky. A mountain of happy memories in British Columbia 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Bird noticed Bean’s “childish glee” upon seeing the new flint strike sparks, and the flash in the pan when Bird instructed him how to fire it. Killing Queen Victoria 2012-07-22T18:00:00Z It offers stony, earthy flavors of flint and minerals, as well as kumquats and perhaps overripe peaches. 4 summer wines that go well with food More accurate, they were steel and flint, creating sparks, starting fires. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z The 78 pieces of flint constitute "the oldest human artefacts ever found in Britain", reported Ian Sample in the paper a few days back. Happisburgh tools: masterpieces with a cutting edge 2010-07-09T15:51:00Z A shortened shoot necessitated harder challenges, fewer rewards, and tougher decisions for contestants — who start this season with a pot, a machete, a flint and no food — leading to more electric tribal councils. Jeff Probst Is the Ultimate ‘Survivor’ 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The innovative approach developed by the archaeologists at TraceoLab combines ballistic analysis and fracture mechanics to gain a better understanding of the traces preserved on the flint points. Long-distance weaponry identified at the 31,000-year-old archaeological site of Maisières-Canal 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z It includes material ranging from prehistoric flint tools and log boats to historic harbour installations. Finding shipwrecks and planes lost at sea 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z A Mesolithic flint microlith is missing - a small stone which was a characteristic flint tool from the Mesolithic period in the UK, dating from as long ago as 7,000 BC. Wales' national museums are missing almost 2,000 items 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Our heroine has the tools: a hatchet, a knife and a flint. Lauren Groff just reinvented the adventure novel 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Taken out in sheets only about a couple of inches thick, it is then carved using flint and files. Pipestone carvers preserve revered Native spiritual tradition in Minnesota prairie 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z Hearths and deposits of flint tools found here have been carbon dated to 2900-2600BC. Beaghmore: The ancient stones, the night sky and giant trolls 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Although the electric drills used today are a far cry from the handheld flints and metal tools used thousands of years ago, the objective — making a hole in the skull — is the same. Biblical city yields unusual case of 3,500-year-old head surgery 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Their abundant cut marks indicated that the resident Neanderthals had used flint tools to slice off meat, and had found the remains before other carnivores such as saber-tooth tigers. These Extinct Elephants Were Neanderthals’ ‘Biggest Calorie Bombs’ 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Polenta is made from flint corn, which is coarser and holds a firmer texture, while grits are made from dent corn, which produces a finer consistency. These savory shrimp and grits will transport you to the South 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z We can control our fireplaces remotely, flick a single switch like a high-tech flint or click an app from a cave away. Stunning Seattle-area fireplace designs to stoke the embers of inspiration 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The course was jointly led by Ojibwe elders, who taught him how to knap flint, tan hides and build wigwams. Unearthing a Maya Civilization That ‘Punched Above its Weight’ 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Among the items recovered during the dig were pots, arrows, bows, axes, flint knives, ceramics, pendants and a hole-puncher made of copper. With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z An optical fiber uses flint glass clad with crown glass. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The name silicon is derived from the Latin word for flint, silex. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z If combines hit a bottle left in a field or flint it can strike a flame and cause a fire, she explained. ‘I lost £40,000 worth of crops in a field fire’ 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z When he brought forth a handsomely carved flint spear point, Dr. Scherer beamed with familiarity. Unearthing a Maya Civilization That ‘Punched Above its Weight’ 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Its tender evocations of the way a crush can turn someone else’s body into flint and tinder, an object of almost holy reverence, sing like a choir every time. Review: This tender, original queer YA novel will likely be banned. That's not why you should read it 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z At what incident angle must 470 nm light enter flint glass to have the same angle of refraction? College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Rosé, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and pinot gris are all typically bottled in flint glass. Don’t Let Your Wine Go to the Grocery Store Naked 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z But Thompson imbues her with flint and knowing humor: She’s self-aware enough to know how ridiculous her predicament is but dignified enough not to be ridiculous herself. Review | ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’: Finding sex and self-acceptance at 55 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z In Maya cosmology, Dr. Scherer explained, flint connoted warfare and the sun or sky; obsidian, darkness and sacrifice. Unearthing a Maya Civilization That ‘Punched Above its Weight’ 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z But because of natural variations in the flint, the patterns in the data were hopelessly complex. Artificial intelligence may have unearthed one of the world’s oldest campfires 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Researchers also located nearby burial grounds of adults and children, who were interred with obsidian and flint tools, offerings and other belongings. Archaeologists discover ancient Mayan city on construction site 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Debris could include pieces of metal, ceramic or flint, among other things, he said. Scientists renew efforts to find ship torched by colonists 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Some 9,000 years ago, Stone Age dentists in modern-day Pakistan drilled into their patients’ teeth with pieces of flint. Opinion | Bill Gates: How to Develop Life-Saving Drugs Much Faster 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “They’re going to create some acidity and give a smoky taste, a flint stone taste.” In France’s Jura region, dinosaur fossils have left a footprint on the wine industry 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Next, the team applied its method to 26 flint tools, mostly small cutting edges, that had been excavated in the 1970s from Evron Quarry, a coastal site in northwestern Israel. Artificial intelligence may have unearthed one of the world’s oldest campfires 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z It also contained a stick with an antler tip for sharpening flint blades, a small flint dagger in a woven sheath, a copper ax, and a medicine bag. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Among their finds were a human arm bone pierced by a flint arrowhead, and a two-and-a-half-foot-long wooden club that resembled a Louisville Slugger. A 2,700-Year-Old Figurine Revives a Weighty Mystery 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z “I read a flint like you can read a book,” Dr. Slimak said. Neanderthals and Modern Humans Agreed About One Thing: This Cave 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The material finds at Stonehenge gravesites are limited — bone pins, mace heads, carved flints. British archaeologists found a 5,000-year-old drum and three children locked in a neolithic embrace 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z The Christian Oerter rifle is one of only two such rifles known to have survived with its original flint mechanism that bears the maker's name, place and date of manufacture. Antique rifle thief gets a day in jail decades on from his museum heists 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z A chest X-ray and a CT scan showed a flint arrowhead buried deep in Ötzi’s left shoulder, suggesting that he may have bled to death. As Earth Warms, Human History Is Melting Away 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z He grew up on the English Heritage site of Grimes Graves, a prehistoric flint mine in Norfolk. Will Lord: Suffolk man teaches prehistoric survival skills from cave 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Wrote Alan: “The common boulders that served as the basis for the White Flint name are actually white quartz. Geologists say there is no such thing as white flint rocks.” Perspective | Between a rock and a hard place: More thoughts on renaming White Flint. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The country club was apparently named after the flint stone common in the area. Perspective | Some people want to rename the White Flint Metro station ‘North Bethesda.’ Bad idea. 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z More than 40 archaeologists excavating the area discovered flint walls forming a square structure underneath the Norman church. HS2: Anglo-Saxon church found at Stoke Mandeville excavation site 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z They also dug up animal bones and flint tools from the same layer of sediments, which date to 120,000 to 140,000 years ago, according to one of two papers published today in Science. New fossils reveal a strange-looking Neanderthal in Israel 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z It was there that he learned flint knapping, the shaping of stone to make tools. Will Lord: Suffolk man teaches prehistoric survival skills from cave 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Every few years, Mr. Tenney’s story was retold by journalists or historians, and for all its horror, it was also a source of pride, a display of New England flint. Goodbye to a Yankee Farmer, the Ghost of Exit 8 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The first known barbering services were performed by Egyptians in 5000 B.C. with instruments made of oyster shells and sharpened flints. Grand Island academy trains new generation of barbers 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Also in the ditches was a large quantity of burnt flint. Archaeologists unearth bronze age graves at Stonehenge tunnel site 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z That new president was Calvin Coolidge, former governor of Massachusetts, a man who put the flint in flinty New Englander. Opinion | History shows there’s no right way to swear in a president. Just get it done. 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z His weapons and regalia were a heap of burned fabric and blackened obsidian and flint. ‘There’s good fire and bad fire.’ An Indigenous practice may be key to preventing wildfires 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Crossing over to the spit is like crossing the River Styx: “Two flints on your eyes for the journey, cold on the lids, keeping sight in so you couldn’t find your way back.” Review: Walking with the dead in Robert Macfarlane's earthy, beautiful "Ghostways" 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z It takes a while for us to be reminded of that incident and learn what struck the flint. Review: A searching teen gets under the concealer in 'Make Up' 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Another find was a group of objects dating to the late neolithic period – when the stone circle was being built – including grooved ware pottery, a flint and red deer antlers. Archaeologists unearth bronze age graves at Stonehenge tunnel site 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Flakes of stone in piles around the animal suggest at least eight individuals were making large flint knives for the job. Europe's earliest bone tools found in Britain 2020-08-12T04:00:00Z In the case of Misliya, I am also grateful to the site for being so rewarding, yielding exquisite flint tools and many animal bones, let alone the human jawbone. Sifting through half a million years of human history 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z When the trigger was pulled, some kind of flint or match would send a spark into the near end of the barrel, causing an explosion that would send the bullet out the other end. Review | An innovative gun made a Wild West huckster into an American industrialist 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The flint figurines were found in Kharaysin in Jordan’s Zarqa River valley. Mysterious relics from prehistoric cult that dug up their dead discovered 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Artifacts include pointed flint blades and numerous personal ornaments including a bead made of mammoth ivory and the bear-tooth pendants. Bulgarian fossils show early arrival of Homo sapiens into Europe 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z That dissent paired with the blog’s memes was just the flint in creating a fire of RBG fan content and merch that continues today. In Dr. Fauci we stan 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z With a flintlock, one pulls the trigger, and a piece of steel hits the flint, which is just a very hard rock. West Virginia hunting season pays tribute to early settlers 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z So that large chunk of white flint, Howard’s Rock, joins the world’s vast collection of artifacts purloined from natural homes and then treasured afar. This is the real Death Valley. Sorry, Clemson and LSU. 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z He prefers close moods and chicken-scratch guitars, and shares Bradford Cox’s knack for weird and lovely melodies that sparkle like specks of flint in the dirt. Bradford bassline and ketamine-charged punk – 50 new artists for 2020 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Other recent finds include child-size flint points in children’s burials in prehistoric Sweden and miniature Viking weapons and food-processing tools found as far east as Russia and as far west as Greenland. Playing with tools—and weapons—was a ‘normal’ part of prehistoric childhood 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Other finds at the site include an imported ceramic vase, flint arrowheads, shell and stone beads and fragments of painted plaster vessels, the Department of Culture and Tourism said. World’s oldest known natural pearl discovered at prehistoric site in Abu Dhabi 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The excavations at Marawah Island, which focused on numerous collapsed stone structures, also revealed ceramics, beads made of shell and stone, and flint arrowheads. World's oldest pearl discovered near Abu Dhabi 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z There also were pottery fragments, flint tools and stone vessels. World Digest: Oct. 6, 2019 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z It seems likely that our ancestors similarly harnessed wildfires for hundreds of thousands of years before they figured out how to make sparks from flint. How fire forged the modern economy 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z More than a decade ago, paleontologists discovered the tip of a flint weapon embedded in a cave bear’s spine. Humans pushed cave bears to extinction, their DNA suggests 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Additionally, flint tools were found at the site, which includes thousands of arrowheads that were used for hunting, and potentially, warfare. Huge 9,000-year-old Stone Age settlement, one of the largest in the world, discovered in Israel 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Ohio is a major source of flint, which prehistoric Native Americans used to create tools and weapons dating back 14,000 years. Artifact hunting appeals to people of all ages 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z At recess, she explained the physics of the lighter to her boyfriend—the flint, the spark wheel. “The Presentation on Egypt” 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Other artifacts discovered in the excavation include stone boxes containing, respectively, elaborate flint knives, and copal bars, which were used for incense by Aztec priests. Discovery of grisly Aztec war sacrifices could lead to long-lost emperor’s tomb: report 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z But over his lifetime, Harry's treasured cine-camera became the flint with which he ignited that flame. The man who captured his life on camera 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Subsurface pressure and temperature effects cause changes in the composition and properties of rocks, and from these we reap flint, chert, loess, kaolin, granite and clay. Human evolution’s ties to tectonics 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The technological level is akin to the end of the 19th century; flint lock guns, canons and steam trains accompany Victorian era clothing and a similar level of social development. In the "The Hod King," a man goes on a mystical quest when his wife vanishes on their steampunkish honeymoon 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The newly discovered limestone and flint tools are about 2.4 million years old — almost the same age as the oldest known such tools, which were found in Gona, Ethiopia, and are 2.6 million years old. Algeria fossils cast doubt on East Africa as sole origin of stone tools 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The ministry says items buried with the dead included storage jars with painted decorations, bronze swords and daggers, copper, obsidian and flint arrowheads, jewelry and seal stones. Bronze swords, other items found in plundered Greek cemetery 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t mean you should ever ask a stupid question: flint is not far below the surface. Meeting Jacinda Ardern: 'She makes the extraordinary seem ordinary' 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z This stirring collection of 22 essays on Earth’s bedrock intermingles geology and our cultural responses to stone, from flint tools and megaliths to Gothic cathedrals. The ancient seeds of the opioid crisis, a love letter to physics, and a ticket to the termite circus: Books in brief 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Stucky enrolled at Kansas State University, majoring in physical science, but often skipped lectures and went to the library to study topographical maps of flint hills in the area. Virgin Galactic’s Rocket Man 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Sorensen plans to trace this technology forward in time, to see if early modern humans showed signs of strike-a-light flints. Neanderthals could start fires with their stone tools, new study suggests 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Then, in a satisfyingly noirish scene, he hears “flint striking metal”, and sees “a slim figure in his black hand-tailored suit” in the trees: Yes, he can: Obama debuts as Sherlock Holmesian detective 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z On the far side of Postwick, a throwback English village with a flint church and a cricket pitch, you follow a heavily rutted track down to the river Yare, emerging opposite the Ferry House pub. Brexit is reverberating in British literature 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The blade was made of a hard, dark rock called chert that is similar to flint. The Final Hours of the Iceman’s Tools 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z The pub's designer, AW Ecclestone, focused on using traditional materials like flint and cobbles, in a Moderne and Art Deco architecture styles that references its coastal location and association with the local lifeboat service. Historic post-war pubs given listed status 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The scratches on this flake of flint may not look much but they were made with deliberation by a Neanderthal man or woman. Scratches on a stone may evince Neanderthal creative urges 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Further into the thorny thickets, these are replaced by much older remains of clay serving bowls and flint tools. Archeologists say early Caribbeans were not 'savage cannibals', as colonists wrote 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Many of the stone fragments were made of flint, a type of rock not found in Sydney. The Aboriginal tools forged from early British ships 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z You have archaeologists debating and saying, “Oh, they have marks on them and could be used to shape flint.” From Ice Age dildos to VR, an academic explains the history and future of sex toys 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z You see a guy reading a newspaper while driving, and he might as well be flint knapping. Perspective | Distracted driving has been around nearly as long as cars. But now there’s a twist. 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Here, in a huge cave by the Mediterranean Sea, ancient people roasted hare, turtle, and ostrich eggs and knapped stone tools from flint. This ancient jawbone suggests our species left Africa 40,000 years earlier than expected 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Investigators say the owner reported the theft of his flint butane lighter collection. Amarillo police investigate theft of 4K antique lighters 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z "This site doesn't just contain the flint material, it contains a variety of other artefacts that show Aboriginal people working there," he told the BBC. The Aboriginal tools forged from early British ships 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Bening lends her portrayal a fascinating mix of no-nonsense flint and tenderness. Review | ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ revisits actress Gloria Grahame at the end of her life 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, in the backyard, Clark leads an impromptu flint knapping lesson, using obsidian nodules strewn about the lawn. How a Mormon lawyer transformed archaeology in Mexico—and ended up losing his faith 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z A typical ceramic glaze is made up of flint, minerals and clay. Turning the dead into vinyl records - BBC News 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Archaeological investigations there revealed intensively processed human bones intermingled with butchered remains of large mammals and a range of flint, bone, antler and ivory artefacts. Engraved prehistoric human bones show ritualistic cannibalism 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z You'll find things like flint around chalky cliffs such as Dover. Shingle Beaches: Pebble Paradises 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Other finds include 17th Century belt buckles, bottle seals and rifle flints. Civil War cannon ball and toe bones up for auction - BBC News 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z On a Thursday morning, Eren hunches over a pile of flint shavings. Re-creating old weapons for new discoveries of human history 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z At Göbekli Tepe, there are no burial sites but rather just pits of human bones mixed in with animal bones and flint tools, meaning additional context is needed to better understand the site. Hints of Skull Cult Found at World's Oldest Temple 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Archaeological investigations there revealed intensively processed human bones intermingled with butchered remains of large mammals and a range of flint, bone, antler and ivory artefacts. Engraved prehistoric human bones show ritualistic cannibalism 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z “We have tons of burned bones and burned flint items.” Quest for Clues to Humanity's First Fires 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z The burned flint tools were more elegant than the heavy cleavers earlier in the Stone Age, McPherron said. Oldest Homo sapiens fossils discovered in Morocco 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Its age was determined chiefly by analyzing bits of flint found there, and the authors concluded they were around 315,000 years old. 300,000-Year-Old Homo Sapiens Bones Unearthed in Morocco 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z An analysis of stone flints heated up in the ancient fires let the scientists calculate the age of the adjacent human fossils, Max Planck Institute archaeologist Shannon McPherron said. Moroccan fossils shake up understanding of human origins 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Alongside the bones, researchers found sharpened flint tools, a good number of gazelle bones, and lumps of charcoal, perhaps left over from fires that warmed those who once lived there. Oldest Homo sapiens bones ever found shake foundations of the human story 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z That leaves striking rocks, such as pyrite against flint, as the method Sorensen is most likely to find proof for among artifacts. Quest for Clues to Humanity's First Fires 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z This scenario hinges on the revised date for the skull, which was obtained from burnt flint tools. World’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils found in Morocco 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Just as important, the scientists discovered flint blades in the same layer as the skulls. Fossils Found in Morocco Reset the Clock on the Origin of Humans 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The researchers speculate that Irhoud may have been a hunting camp, a pit stop on a longer journey; it’s clear that the flint in the tools found there came from miles away. The Oldest Human Fossils Ever Discovered Have Stories to Tell 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The events include Open Archaeology Day at the University of New Hampshire, which will feature food sampling, flint knapping and mock excavations. Dig into New Hampshire history with Archeology Month events 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z The Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday it was excavating 250,000-year-old flint tools when the archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of liquor bottles near a building where British soldiers were garrisoned in 1917. Israeli archeologists dig up liquor bottles of WWI troops 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Archaeologist Daniel Richter of the Max Planck in Leipzig used a thermoluminescence technique to measure how much time had elapsed since crystalline minerals in the flint were heated by fire. World’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils found in Morocco 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Many of the flint blades showed signs of having been burned. Fossils Found in Morocco Reset the Clock on the Origin of Humans 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z One of only 10 known flint mines in the United Kingdom, Grime's Graves, near Thetford, in Norfolk, is the only one to allow access. Neolithic flint mine to open to public for the first time - BBC News 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Also, maybe they could sprinkle tiny flecks of flint on the basepaths. Is Baseball Too Slow? Here’s How Readers Would Fix the Game, or Not 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Gutfeld said the cave contained ancient arrowheads, flint knives and a seal made from a carved semiprecious stone called carnelian. Archaeologists say they have found a cave that once held Dead Sea Scrolls, a first in 60 years 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z They’d also found six chunks of fossilized hyena dung, as well as “débitage,” distinctive shards of flint left over when Neanderthals shattered larger pieces to make axes. Neanderthals Were People, Too 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z This accident of history made it possible to use the flints as clocks. Fossils Found in Morocco Reset the Clock on the Origin of Humans 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Tools, made from flint - most probably from Yorkshire - were also found. Neolithic pottery and flint tools found in Fife - BBC News 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z One of the best finds last year was more ancient: a flint knapping kit thought to date back to neolithic times. Archaeologist defies sceptics in pursuit of lost city of Trellech 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Dr Hurst's team was able to estimate the pace of this reversal by examining the amount of beryllium-10 in nodules of flint embedded in the eroded platform in front of the cliffs. Cosmic clue to UK coastal erosion - BBC News 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z While we stood talking, one of the women uncovered a small flint ax, called a Levallois flake. Neanderthals Were People, Too 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Similar flint blades of about the same age have been found at other sites across Africa, and scientists have long wondered who made them. Fossils Found in Morocco Reset the Clock on the Origin of Humans 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z He fulminates fire, of course, if he has remembered to change his flint, and, all in all, it’s just as well that he is invisible most of the time. The Original Pete's Dragon Was 'Gorgeous, in a Ghastly Sort of Way' 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z "It made it easier to export to Liverpool and easier to import clay and flint." James Brindley: The canal pioneer who changed England - BBC News 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z The radioactive element is produced when cosmic rays - that constantly shower the Earth - hit oxygen atoms in the flints' quartz minerals. Cosmic clue to UK coastal erosion - BBC News 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Some can be spotted because freshly worked flint, also called chert, will have a slightly lighter color than the rest of the point. EXCHANGE: Artifacts tell Native Americans’ stories 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z The flint is interesting for another reason: Researchers traced its origin to another site about 20 miles south of Jebel Irhoud. Fossils Found in Morocco Reset the Clock on the Origin of Humans 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z They’ll do many of the same things that troops did to prepare for the journey, such as starting fires with flint and steel. Lewis and Clark site to mark anniversary of expedition 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The cause of his death remained a mystery until ten years after his body was found, when X-rays revealed a flint arrowhead deep in his left shoulder. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z This stems from the fact that its surface continues to erode downwards, removing its oldest exposed flints. Cosmic clue to UK coastal erosion - BBC News 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Ancient flint knappers would chip off workable chunks of flint and then rough out stone points. EXCHANGE: Artifacts tell Native Americans’ stories 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Later digs revealed a few more bones, along with flint blades. Fossils Found in Morocco Reset the Clock on the Origin of Humans 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Firmly embedded in one end was a flint arrowhead. Smashed skulls suggest large European battle 3,200 years ago - and a more advanced society 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z I have a bill for a trillion dollars, it creates 13 million jobs rebuilding flint, Michigan and communities all over the country. Read the Full Text of the Seventh Democratic Debate in Flint 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Dortch already sells plenty of other products like poultry, eggs, honey goat’s milk soaps, dent and flint corn. ‘Pop-Off’ contest showcases state’s popcorn renaissance 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z A blank is a roughed out arrowhead, spear point or other implement that was pulled from a flint outcropping. EXCHANGE: Artifacts tell Native Americans’ stories 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Israel's Antiquities Authority said on Wednesday that an excavation exposed two houses with well-preserved remains and floors containing pottery vessels, flint tools and a basalt bowl. Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a 7,000-year-old settlement in northern Jerusalem in what they say is the oldest discovery of its kind in the area 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Buried more than 1,000 years after the infant, the man was entombed standing up, together with bone tools and flint knives. Mysterious Graves Discovered at Ancient European Cemetery 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z This crisis in flint as you know, as everybody in the room knows was created by the government. Read the Full Text of the Seventh Democratic Debate in Flint 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z The materials used in them – animal fur, feathers, flint and wood – represent a direct contemporary link to country. Battle for bark art: Indigenous leaders hail breakthrough in talks with British Museum 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z The inner city of flint is predominantly black. Flint Lives Matter: residents say Hillary Clinton ‘coming for the entertainment’ 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Burn marks were found on the shells discovered in the Qessem cave, as well as signs they were cracked open and cut marks indicating the animal was butchered using flint knives. Prehistoric man enjoyed roasted tortoise appetizers, Israeli archaeologist says 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Our hunter shows off a Clovis flint spear tip that is still as sharp as a razor despite being last thrown in anger 12,000 years ago. EXCHANGE: Indian artifact collector offers tips 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Why should people from flint trust that more government is the answer? Read the Full Text of the Seventh Democratic Debate in Flint 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z “Slipping away they took with them all his belongings—his gun, knife, flint and other essentials of wilderness life,” the book continues. The True Story Behind The Revenant, as Told in 1939 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z During construction, the Texas Historical Commission identified artifacts - American Indian and Spanish colonial ceramics, gun flints, rosary beads from the Spanish Colonial occupations - dating back to the early 18th century. People inspired to create at renovated San Antonio building 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Shards of pottery and flint tools were found in various excavations to help date the site, Berger said. Prehistoric 'Stonehenge' monument in Golan Heights fuels mystery 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z A well-read collector since he was 10 who still hunts at least once a week, he’s amassed more than 3,000 flint projectiles and stone tools. EXCHANGE: Indian artifact collector offers tips 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Listen, I suppose they can trust the corporations who have destroyed Flint by a disastrous trade policy which have allowed them to shut down plants in flint and move to China or Mexico. Read the Full Text of the Seventh Democratic Debate in Flint 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z The spring there is full of flint tools and discarded bones. Stonehenge Begins to Yield Its Secrets 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z They need pens as much as they need typewriters, flint and witch-dunking equipment. Pens are dead. Paper is dead. Handwriting is a relic | Joel Golby 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The wooden wall of the hollow was lined with flints and the large earthy pit created by the tree root lined with cobbles and decorated with "exotic" stones from outside the area. Experts find '6,000 year old eco-home' near Stonehenge - BBC News 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z “We basically excavated around the area where the axes were found and began finding things like gun flints and little tiny pieces that were struck off the gun flints,” McMahan said. Artifacts found may be related to Russian shipwreck 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Numerous artifacts were found at the blockhouse site, including trade beads, metal buttons, gun flints, musket lock, shot, square cut nails, tableware and fragments of china. Cadron Blockhouse a replica of edifice steeped in history 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z There is a chequered pattern on its curved wall - made of flints alternating with pressed concrete blocks. Are these England's most beautiful pubs? - BBC News 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z That means waterproof matches, lighters, flint, and even cotton balls and Vaseline. What to put in your bag before the world ends 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Findings to date include flint arrowheads and blades, decorated pottery, shale and copper bracelets and a Roman brooch. Bronze Age child's skeleton discovered at Pewsey Vale dig - BBC News 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Ancient Europeans were carving flint tools and painting caves millennia before they were carving marble statues and painting canvasses. Want a Selfie With a Neanderthal? Visit Europe’s Cave-Man Museums 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Among the first contributions: 180 flint and 20 stone prehistoric tools and fragments of ancient pottery from Monroe County on the Mississippi River, where indigenous peoples lived long before Europeans arrived. Excerpts from editorials by Illinois newspapers 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The first applications, early in the twentieth century, used a blended 'mischmetal' in cigarette lighter flints and tracer bullets. Chemistry: Degrees of separation 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z He smiled — it was more flint than mirth — and added, “It’s all been a colossal success.” Cardinal Edward M. Egan, 82, Dies; Led New York Archdiocese in Trying Time 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “Artefacts such as flint blades and arrowheads that appeared around that time from Portugal to the Urals never made it to Britain — it’s hard to believe that wheat should.” Ancient DNA reveals how wheat came to prehistoric Britain 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z However, none of the arrowheads found at Crow Creek were made of this flint. Crow Creek massacre in 1300s remains South Dakota’s worst 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z “Make it hairy and fibrous before you light it” with a match, lighter, flint or other source, he said. Air Force winter survival pros show how it’s done 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Around 2.5 million years ago, hominid ancestors began to craft sharp flakes of volcanic rocks like flint and use them for slaughtering animals. Humanity’s first conversations were probably about butchering (and rocks) 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z The researchers examined artifacts previously excavated from the site, which are mostly flint tools for cutting and scraping, and flint debris created in their manufacture. Israeli cave offers clues about when humans mastered fire 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Old prison uniforms were his canvases, and syringes and the flint wheels of cigarette lighters served as paint brushes. Back to a Burmese Prison by Choice 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Along the way, they found thousands of recycled tools in the cave, including bone hammers and reworked flint stones. Lessons From an Ancient Time When Recyclers Walked the Earth 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Burial mounds, pottery shards, flint and overgrown but still distinctive stripes along the slopes of the landscape - the remainder of an ancient farming method. The metal detectors saving marriages 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Inside, its editorial says that the president, most often vilified for being soft-edged and ineffectual, emerges in Trierweiler’s book as hard and cynical, adding, “The marshmallow president becomes the flint president.” Former French First Lady's Tell-All Book Adds To Hollande's Woes 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z To determine when fire became a routine part of the lives of the cave dwellers, the team looked at flints from about 100 layers of sediments in the lowermost 16 meters of the cave deposits. Israeli cave offers clues about when humans mastered fire 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The pits also contained a selection of flints and animal bones, carved to create every conceivable mod con. Meet The Flintstones With aged, glossy surfaces broken by newer, rougher razor edges, the flint tools were part of a vast collection of knives apparently used for butchering, cleaning animal hides and cutting vegetable matter. Lessons From an Ancient Time When Recyclers Walked the Earth 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The flint could have been left there by Indians cutting into the buffalo, said Calame. Hill Country bison skeleton raises questions 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The dig also found evidence of feasts: large animal remains and thousands of burnt flints used for cooking. The oldest settlement in Britain 2014-05-02T15:08:18Z Wildfires are rare in caves, so the fires that burned the Tabun flints were probably controlled by ancestral humans, according to the authors. Israeli cave offers clues about when humans mastered fire 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The dig in Amesbury also uncovered 31,000 worked flints in 40 days as well as animal bones such as frogs' legs. UK's oldest settlement confirmed 2014-05-01T14:20:34Z Another archaeologist who happened to be nearby, guarding his own cave, spotted chunks of rock packed with bones and flint and immediately realized that the site was prehistoric. Lessons From an Ancient Time When Recyclers Walked the Earth 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z As he sifted dirt found between the bones, he found small pieces of flint. Hill Country bison skeleton raises questions 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Connelly, who looks as if she had been hewn from flint, is the voice of reason, the heart of besieged humanity. REVIEW: Darren Aronofsky’s Noah Movie: Better Than the Book 2014-03-27T15:00:07Z All of those changes began long before the rise of burnt flints in Tabun Cave. Israeli cave offers clues about when humans mastered fire 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z They found burnt bones, flint, wood ash and bits of burnt clay. Oldest Known Hearth Unearthed in Israel 2014-02-07T16:00:00Z They began crafting their sharp tools from flint, according to experts, racing ahead of their time and their human contemporaries in Europe and Africa. Lessons From an Ancient Time When Recyclers Walked the Earth 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Terrifying spears and stake knives that click and clamor inside gigantic mouths—giant flints. Smaug Breathes Fire Like A Bloated Bombardier Beetle With Flinted Teeth 2014-01-02T16:45:13.144Z So on the side, instead of waiting tables, he teaches backwoods skills, including lessons on how to start your own campfire from flint and steel. Character Study: Teaching City Dwellers How to Make It in the Wilderness 2013-12-14T01:07:34Z The scientists argue that the jump in the frequency of burnt flints represents the time when ancestral humans learned to control fire, either by kindling it or by keeping it burning between natural wildfires. Israeli cave offers clues about when humans mastered fire 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z There’s charred flint and animal bones near the hearth, along with flint tools further away used for activities such as butchering. Oldest Known Hearth Unearthed in Israel 2014-02-07T16:00:00Z But flint and bone fragments remain lodged in every cranny of the cave’s beige earth. Lessons From an Ancient Time When Recyclers Walked the Earth 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Whether a “true” fire-breathing dragon is filled with flint, gas, or rocket fuel, one thing is for sure: Where there is Smaug, there is fire. Smaug Breathes Fire Like A Bloated Bombardier Beetle With Flinted Teeth 2014-01-02T16:45:13.144Z There’s a flint arrowhead lodged in my left shoulder. Jeffrey Eugenides: “Find the Bad Guy.” 2013-11-11T05:00:00Z The site already boasts the biggest collection of flints and cooked animal bones in north west Europe. English 'beat French to frogs legs' 2013-10-15T12:15:49Z The site already boasts the biggest collection of flints and cooked animal bones in north-western Europe. Dig 'could explain' Stonehenge past 2013-10-12T09:24:51Z This area was a kind of Eden, with natural springs and flint in abundance. Lessons From an Ancient Time When Recyclers Walked the Earth 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The soil contains thousands of flint tools which, based on their shape and method of manufacture, date to around 6,000 BC. Evidence found of ancient tsunami 2013-08-21T14:06:37Z Archaeologists said prehistoric Londoners were using the site to prepare river cobbles which were then made into flint tools. Humans lived on Thames 'in 7,000 BC' 2013-08-08T04:33:00Z As long as I keep up my effort, I will eventually find a piece of flint and kindle a tiny spark to illuminate the square inch in front of my feet. Chinese internet: 'a new censorship campaign has commenced' 2013-05-15T09:48:42Z I'll miss the little dog – you'd have to be made of flint not to – but don't mourn the tumbling down of his massive kennel. Don't mourn HMV: there are far better places to browse for music now 2013-01-20T00:03:03Z The flint indicates that cavemen cut into the body, but it’s very unlikely the cavemen killed the creature. Cavemen may have eaten mammoth for lunch 2012-12-03T22:13:40Z A large oval pit nearly 7m in length is all that remains of the dwelling, along with hearths, flint and arrowheads. Dig finds '10,000-year-old home' 2012-11-18T00:16:30Z Some ranchers are worried about the threat of Foot and Mouth In the flint hills of Kansas, just 30 miles from the proposed facility, rancher Stephen Anderson shows me his herd of beef cattle. Top security US lab under threat 2012-11-14T08:32:02Z The ulna was removed from the carcass with a flint tool and the feathers left intact. Caveman Couture: Neandertals Rocked Dark Feathers 2012-09-18T21:15:02.717Z Rock steadiness, long a cherished masculine trait, turns out to be about as useful in our fleet-footed economy as a flint arrowhead. Is It Really the End of Men? 2012-09-11T11:45:09Z The quest for the smallest building blocks of Nature probably stretches back to the first caveman who tried to put a sharp edge on a flint. The smallest thing in the universe 2012-09-03T01:39:46Z At each site, scouts used the traditional technique of rubbing flint together to create the flame. In pictures: Paralympic flames 2012-08-22T13:05:35Z They will also strike flint against steel on Scafell Pike in England, Snowdon in Wales, and Ben Nevis in Scotland, on Wednesday. Paralympic flame to be lit in NI 2012-08-21T22:44:52Z Finlayson says preliminary experimental evidence shows that removal of the plumage in this way using flint tools creates cut marks similar to those observed on the ancient bird bones recovered from the Gibraltar caves. Caveman Couture: Neandertals Rocked Dark Feathers 2012-09-18T21:15:02.717Z After being lit by the sparks of colliding flint, the torches – known as the National Flames – will be placed in miners' lanterns and transferred to the UK's capital cities. Paralympic flames light up countdown to biggest Games in history 2012-08-21T18:35:21Z Appropriately too, the flame is to be created this coming Wednesday 22 August by a party of Scouts, disabled as well as non-disabled, using the character-forming method of rubbing flints together to make a spark. Scouts to kindle Paralympic Flame with flints on Scafell Pike 2012-08-20T16:07:04Z The Scouts will light the flames by striking flint on steel. Paralympic flame route announced 2012-08-15T12:35:59Z Banana Republic in reply to heart of flint Aug 7th 2012 17:19 GMT Mr Heart you have no clue. The ECB and the euro crisis: Draghi drags it out 2012-08-03T10:55:36Z Summary: America’s recovery, though not robustly satisfying, is significantly better than historical averages. heart of flint in reply to RoyFan51 Aug 4th 2012 16:41 GMT Except that this isn't the recovery. America's jobless recovery: The big picture 2012-08-03T13:56:22Z The Aztecs would cut out the beating heart of humans with a hunk of sharpened flint and hold it up for the gods to see. Rupert Murdoch Looms Over Mitt Romney's Campaign: Will There Be a Sacrifice? 2012-07-06T11:05:22Z All sorts of ephemera were discovered spanning 10,000 years of history, from Neolithic flint axes to Roman coins to an Iron Age settlement and World War II helmets and firearms. 2012 London Olympics Blog: Know That Venue: The Aquatics Centre 2012-06-07T19:09:25Z And if you want the elixir of life, make the tea of soft spring water, which you will never find issuing out of any limestone or chalk rock, or where flints much abound. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z On pulling the trigger the flash of the flint gave a tolerable illumination. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z I throw my heart against the flint of time. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z He is distinctly said to be the same as Quetzelcoatl, one of whose commonest symbols was a flint. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z The word came to me; what I said was struck from me as we strike fire from flint. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z The savage leaves behind some show of broken pottery, or at least, here and there, an arrowhead of flint. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z We are as much bygones as the old flint musket or the matchlock. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z M__ had learned to smoke and like R__ had to putter with tobacco, pipe and flint. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z I knew where to find touch-wood in the forest, and could strike sparks from pieces of flint. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z With deaf ears dost thou hearken, and thine answer is hard as flint. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z Only the “cave of flint” instead of turning into a “retreating cloud” had enough solid matter to sustain the arch and so became permanent. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z I will tell you," replied the gipsy, striking a light with a flint and touchwood that he carried; "I will tell you; though you shall soon be able to satisfy yourself. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Above these beds, the Lower Chalk, without flints, rises up sharply to form the downs which are the easterly continuation of the Chiltern Hills. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z A small fire, lighted with flint and steel and gunpowder, was made inside a barrel, and the fish, half-cooked, was greedily devoured. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Boone picked his flint, took a deliberate aim, and fired; the panther fell from his seat, and the herd passed on. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z In the coldest flint there is hot fire. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z On others they exercised different modes of torment by cutting their flesh with flints, and piercing them with lances. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z A small flint or stone having a natural hole in it, and worn as a charm, is also called a holystone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The wayside villages and the scattered hamlets that nestle between the folds of its chalky hills are made up of cottages built with chalk rubble, or with black flints and red brick mixed. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z More rapidly does the flint ply the sympathetic steel. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Help them learn how to use matches or a flint. Bribing students: Another ?magical solution? that doesn?t work 2012-03-21T05:00:00Z "He is a hard man—as hard as flint," mused Mr Aymer. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z But the other man, more amenable, produced a flint and steel and a candle end, and lighting the one from the other handed it to Hawkesworth. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z There were memories of sleeping three in a bed, of the dense leathery smell of the schoolroom when one returned thither after ten minutes' play, of a playground of mud and incidental sharp flints. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z The best linen rag was periodically burnt, and its ashes deposited in the tinman's box, pressed down with a close fitting lid, upon which the flint and steel reposed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z "Our matchlocks are useless, they have been robbed of their flints," said the soldiers, who had attempted to fire them at the same time as Chow had fired the cannon. The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China 2012-03-18T02:00:17.620Z This is the most serious defect of all the great refractors of the day, and effectively it limits their size to about 60 inches of aperture, with present types of flint and crown. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z He, and he alone, had stood by her two days before, when all had been against her, and Captain Clyne had been as flint to her. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Stand, reckless and profane, whose face is set hard as a stone, and his heart as a flint, against High Heaven and Holy Church! Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z And the fox rasped the head of the panther till the skull got thin, and then broke it in with one stroke of the flint. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z He had no bread, but he put his hand in his bosom and thought, “I want bread of red flint meal.” Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z What Hall and Dollond did was to make the outer or crown lens of the objective as before, and place behind it a plano-concave lens of dense flint glass. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z When two flints had come into collision, what results could be expected?—especially as neither one nor the other remained steady to his first terms, but changed every day like a weathercock. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z Hard as flint, or the nether millstone--to his enemies! Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z "I cut open the head with a flint, and then introduced into the wound the beautiful plumes of an ostrich." The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z He sat with his right hand doubled up, and before she could look into his eyes he snapped two flint finger-nails at her, sent one nail into each of her eyes and put it out. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z For you, I presume, from your want of steady light and brilliancy of sparks which are occasionally struck from you, that you are either a flint or a rough diamond. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The bows were often four or five feet long and the arrows were pointed with sharp flint or metal. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z "No; I picked the flint, tried again, and brought down the game." Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Immediately below us, at the foot of the mound, the champions and their friends were gathered, settling rests, keying up the wheels of their locks, and trying the flints. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z He had a flint knife at his side, and made a thrust at Lawalila as if to kill him. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z The sand which is employed for window glass differs from that which is required for flint glass, in that the latter should be as pure as possible. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The wooden ones were toothed with sharp pieces of flint. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z "No, Mr. Clay; I will pick the flint and try you again." Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z It seemed to me that he was an hour arranging the rest and his weapon, scraping his priming this way and that, and putting in a fresh flint at the last moment. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z He gathered each kind of flint into a heap by itself, then pushed it, and said while he pushed, “You go to this place or to that place.” Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z The advantages derived from using the oxide are, that it makes the mixture more fusible, and also imparts that particular brilliancy and lustre so peculiarly characteristic of well-made flint glass. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The pebbles on the beach consist of quartz, red jasper, hornstone, and flinty slate, but do not contain any stone resembling chalk flint. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z We passed a young basswood-tree from which hung a flint, symbol of the Mohawks. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Sweet corn, however, appears upon the three types of pop-corn indiscriminately, but, on the other hand, the pop-corns do not appear upon the flint corn ears. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z You will find these flints always in the places where I put them to-day, and people who come after you will find them there. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z When a pot of flint glass is worked off, that which remains at the bottom usually contains more lead than that which is worked off in the earlier part of the day. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z For close quarters, they use clubs, stones held in the hand, and short wooden daggers, pointed with very sharp-edged quartz, pitch-stone, or flint. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Once more we swung across the line of boats; in the craft just ahead of us I could see the marines sitting with their muskets on their knees, right hands covering the flints and pans. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z While flint corn appears abundantly on sweet corn ears, on the other hand, sweet corn does not appear upon the flint corns. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z Jupka took his flint knife then, and cut the meat into pieces. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z This is probably only a fiction, as the idea must have originated from witnessing the change undergone by flint when brought to a red heat. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Another remarkable feature I observed were the deposits of gravel among the crevices; but I saw no flint among the water-worn boulders wedged, as if by a heavy pressure, in fissures of the rocks. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Again I tried to shoot the trooper, but the flint sparks died out in the damp pan. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Dent corn kernels will appear upon the sweet corn whose type of ear is that of the dent ear, but not upon sweet corn whose type is that of the flint ear. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z Here we find another myth of a flint people. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z The reference is to very curious inscriptions, in flints let into the walls, which, notwithstanding restoration and because it has been carried out with taste and reverence, still remain in part. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Elsewhere they were flint, of which there was more than enough to have furnished all Europe in the Thirty Years' War, or else granite. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Rifles and pistols had been primed and loaded, powder-horns replenished, flint and ball fitted, and pans oiled. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The dent corn, again, does not appear upon the flint ear, but in some isolated instances the flint corn kernel may appear upon the dent ear. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z Thus the action continues till every head in the flint house bursts open and lets out its occupant. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z So did its people, and this majestic Perpendicular church, built of flint and stone, is an abiding monument of their wealth and of their piety. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z The proprietor seemed resolved that the very rocks should blossom, and already "a garden smiled" above the flint. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Also, I charged him to purchase pistols for me and for Shemuel, with flint and ball for the same, and to sharpen our knives and hatchets against need. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The flint pop does not seem to appear upon either the rice or the pearl pop type, so far as form is concerned, but its structure, however, influences. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z He went into the sweat-house, took the flint out of his ear and held it on his palm. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z A people who could make these scythe-chariots, who severed the mistletoe with a golden sickle, were hardly likely to use flint knives in daily life. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Then stepped forth two priests, having their long flowing hair bound with a mistletoe branch, and a sharp knife of flint in the hand. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z Somebody near by was trying to light a fire; I smelled the flint and the glowing tinder. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Only when he struck a spark from his flint, and after some ineffectual attempts succeeded in blowing up a flame, did the monkey reveal its hiding-place by a little gibber of amazement. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z All the people stood around looking at the flint in Hau’s hand. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z But those desert tribes on the African coast of the Mediterranean still use some charmingly antique pieces, and it may be that Brandon flints are still fitted to some of them. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Well, the captives were laid on the altar, as I read, 'and the priests cut their throats with their knives of flint. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z Sir William drew flint and tinder from his pouch, and sent a spark flying into the dry tobacco of his pipe. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z But that ungrateful and malignant race, Who in old times came down from Fesole, Ay, and still smack of their rough mountain flint, Will, for thy good deeds, show thee enmity. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z Hilit went out then and said,— “Go in, all you people, and look at that good flint.” Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z You and these--women with breasts of flint and hearts of the rock-core, who bathe in the blood of our infants, and make a holiday of our torments! The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Love make his heart of flint, that you shall love; And let your fervour, like my master's, be Placed in contempt! Twelfth Night or, What You Will 2012-02-18T03:00:14.920Z Thrice I tested the flint, pouring a little powder into the pan, and thrice the pan flashed, and the ball of vapour shot up to the ceiling. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z By means of the thumb-nail or flints, they split them into threads, which they use as woof. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z I wish you would take this big flint and carry it far away off north.” Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z The growth of a tree, the spark struck from a flint, the devastating floods of a river, mean to him the natural actions of beings within the tree, stone or water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z And when they saw my coach and armed servants, they pursued us with yells and stones, actually flints! The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z In an instant I was down behind the rock to prime with dry powder, but to my horror I found flint missing, charge drawn, pan raised, and ramrod sticking helplessly out of the barrel. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Hereupon he opened his sack, and emptied it; it was full of pebbles, mixed with large pieces of flint and other stones. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z Tichelis put the flint on his back and hurried away with it. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z The girdle also carries the pipe and tobacco pouch, a long knife, a flint and steel, and in some cases a shot pouch and a highly-ornamented powder horn. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z He was supposed to spike the artillery of Jehovah, to wet the powder of the Almighty, and to steal the flint from the musket of heavenly retribution. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z But the Indian, turning his hot eyes on me, swung on his heel and re-entered the guest-room, drawing the flint from his rifle as he walked. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The flints and thorns on life's highway bruised and pierced his flesh, and for his wounds he did not have the blessed balm of patience. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z The flint had grown very hot from the burning; he threw it down; it had skinned his back, it was so hot and heavy. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Such queer arms they had—one gun with a flint lock a century old, with the "Tower mark" upon it, loaded sticks, and long knives. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z In caves, once inhabited by men, have been found implements of flint and the bones of these extinct animals. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z The narrow grass-grown path, filled with flints and broken glass, bordered by thistles and thorns, where the twice-born limping walk with bleeding feet. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z The instant the steel of his logic smote the flint of absurdity the spark glittered. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z The flint rock that Tichelis dropped lies there yet, just where it fell, and when the Wintu people want black flint they find it in that place. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z The girdle supplies the place of pockets, and in it are deposited knives, the pipe, the tobacco-pouch, the flint and steel, and various etceteras. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z With the flint tools man had split the bones of these beasts that he might secure the marrow for food. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Their weapons were blunderbusses, flint muskets, and bows and arrows. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z But here again Molly stepped in as his evil genius; for to carry fully into effect her murderous intentions, she had, during the preceding day, contrived to take out the flints. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z She boiled water then with hot rocks and washed him, and every time she washed she sprinkled flint dust on the little boy to make him strong. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Other boulders, however, of quartz, flint, slate, &c., evidently formed by water, are found everywhere in the prairies. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Foiled in her scheme, Dame Fowlis resorted to the practices of witchcraft, and bought, in June, for five shillings, ‘an elf arrow-head’—that is, a rude flint implement—belonging to the neolithic age. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z In many parts of the excavation, masses of bluish white flint and horn stone were found enclosed in, or encrusting the fetid limestone. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z It is a Perpendicular structure, with a fine crocketed spire and flint patterns in the outer walls of the clerestory. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The old woman gave him a flint knife and said, “I have had this a long time; take it now and fix your hands with it.” Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Some arrow-heads and knives made of flint were found in the same tumulus, which are perfectly like those often found on the surface. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The original cutting instruments used by the human race consisted of fragments of flint, obsidian, or similar stones, rudely flaked or chipped to a cutting edge; and of these tools numerous remains yet exist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Repriming his gun and picking his flint, Mike made his approach in his usual noiseless manner. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z In the skull of one of these last, now in the Sedgwick Geological Museum at Cambridge, is imbedded a flint axe-head. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Next moment the whole house is flint-walled, the roof is flint also. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z We have compared several specimens of flint and obsidian knives, and found them as perfectly alike as if they had been made by the same artist, and as the difference of the material allows. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Skin′flint, one who takes the smallest gains: a very niggardly person; Skin′ful, as much as one can hold, esp. of liquor.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Love, indeed, was just the charge of powder which would have never flashed--no never--had not gratitude served as a flint and thrown off the spark. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z The exterior is mostly flint; the interior, like that of so many churches in Cambridgeshire, is of "clunch," a hardened form of chalk, well adapted for building, and easily worked for carving. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The ten men had no fear of flint nor of other things. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Some of the most interesting articles found in and near these graves, are the narrow, oblong, square pieces of flint, which those nations made use of instead of knives. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z He eyed my cross-eyed caddie with a supercilious smirk, I tried to set my features, and my nerves, like any flint; But my "knicker'd" knees were knocking as I wildly set to work. Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 2012-01-28T03:00:25.907Z Vincott drew a flint and steel from his pocket, and lighted the candles--for the dusk was filling the room--and drew the curtains close. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z She is followed by three men of her tribe, wild men in skins, armed with knives, and flint axes carried at the waist. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The man with the hammer struck away on the flint block till five more were killed. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Arrow-heads of flint, as well as the bones, &c., of these people, are frequently found in the neighbourhood. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Another manner of adornment is by raised cicatrices made on the chest and back and arms, by cutting the skin with a piece of sharp flint and putting in gum or clay. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z It was from 18 to 20 feet wide, and composed of a bed of flints, grouted together, 8 inches thick. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z She and her "chief Vice" were always making merry together; when their flint and steel struck, the flash was laughter. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Kaltsauna rubbed his hands, rubbed them clean, rubbed all the flint dust from them, and rolled up his flints in a skin very carefully. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z After that there came a clicking of flint and steel, and then a soft glow of fire close to the ground. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z No human bones, flint flakes, or any kind of native weapons have yet been discovered with the extinct mammalia of Queensland. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z When a Mandan dies, he is painted, oiled, feasted, supplied with bow, arrows, shield, pipe and tobacco, knife, flint, steel, and food, for a few days, and wrapped tightly, in a raw buffalo hide. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Flint, flint, n. a hard mineral, a variety of quartz, from which fire is readily struck with steel: anything proverbially hard.—adj. made of flint, hard.—n. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Next he mixed flint dust, rubbed it on his face, made paint, covered his face with it, and thrust a piece of sharp flint through the septum of his nose. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Bones of the cave-bear, lion, mammoth, reindeer, rhinoceros, along with flint weapons and tools, have been discovered in some caves of the Gower peninsula. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Unknown and incredible sums in Mexican doubloons and Spanish dollars lay guarded by a strong oaken chest in a cavern on the hilltop, long since filled up with flints and mould from the neighbouring summits. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z But may it not be the result in character of the conflict of violent strains of heredity, which clash like flint and steel, and produce the divine spark? Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z How he strikes and strikes at that unyielding bit of flint! Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z He put his flints under his left arm, took his bow and arrows in his right hand. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Nevertheless, disks of optical glass, both crown and flint, have been produced up to 39 in. in diameter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z It has long been famous for its glazed pottery and tiles, made from a fine clay obtained from the Indus, mixed with powdered flints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Thereupon Piscis, always aggressive, took up a flint from the road, waited for his friend to get round the corner, and then, zas! he flung it at the Cabin and shivered the windows to atoms. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Could loftiest chivalry show greater heroism, nobler self-control, than this old man—this weary breaker of flints? Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Blue flint he sent east to the edge of our Yana country. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z |
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