flint mill

noun — 2 senses

flint mill

noun
1

A mill in which flints are ground.

2

Business, Mining Historical An obsolete appliance for lighting a miner at his work, in which flints on a revolving wheel were made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light without igniting the firedamp.

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