white flint

British  

noun

1. another name for flint

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white flint

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.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021

Mr. Davis said his farm has lost the King Philip corn that once grew there, but has kept its white flint line going.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021

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.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021

In many parts of the excavation, masses of bluish white flint and horn stone were found enclosed in, or encrusting the fetid limestone.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben

Of size there exists a considerable variety, from Zea Curagua of Chili, and the Egyptian or chicken corn, both extremely diminutive, to the large white flint, and ground seed corn of the United States.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.