silex
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of silex
1585–95; < Latin silex, stem silic- hard stone, flint, boulder
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The name silicon is derived from the Latin word for flint, silex.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Len wandered into the kitchen, turned the flame on under the silex, stared briefly at the dishes waiting in the sink, and wandered out again.
From Special Delivery by Damon Francis Knight
It appears to me, from external character and preliminary tests, to consist almost entirely of silex, with a little oxide of iron.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
There is a small jar of white powder representing the lime; another, still smaller, the silex; another the phosphorus.
From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Hudson Tuttle
A German provincial term, universally adopted in scientific language for a simple mineral composed of pure silex, or earth of flints: rock-crystal is an example.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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