silex
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of silex
1585–95; < Latin silex, stem silic- hard stone, flint, boulder
Example Sentences
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The name silicon is derived from the Latin word for flint, silex.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
A few species secrete carbonate of lime from the water, laying it up in their tissues; others cover themselves completely with that mineral, while some coat themselves with silex or flint.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter
The most of our American ores contain silex in sufficient abundance; hence it is usual to add to them, in the process of reduction, carbonate of lime, which is called flux.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
Who says to the silex and the phosphorus, “Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther”?
From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail
It is sometimes dug up covered with white silex or with other stones.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
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