silex

American  

[sahy-leks] / ˈsaɪ lɛks /

noun

1. flint; silica.

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silex British  

/ ˈsaɪlɛks /

noun

1. a type of heat-resistant glass made from fused quartz

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Etymology

Origin of silex

1585–95; < Latin silex, stem silic- hard stone, flint, boulder

Example Sentences

This is ripe sauvignon blanc, showing the mineral character of silex soils, which mix flint and sand.

From Washington Post

The soils there are often clay and tuffeau, a form of limestone, as well as flinty silex.

From New York Times

Some Sancerres, as a reader who identified himself as “Ludovic of New York” pointed out, come from grapes planted on flinty silex soils in the eastern part of the appellation and tell a different story.

From New York Times

The composition of the soil is everywhere the same; nothing but masses of silex and salt, hard and sharp.

From Project Gutenberg

The box or shell, called pustule, is of silex or quartz, and is therefore almost indestructible; and when the diatom dies, sinks to the bottom of the water.

From Project Gutenberg