Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flinty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flinty \Flint"y\, a. [Compar. {Flintier}; superl. {Flintiest}.]
Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling,
flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.
{Flinty rock}, or {Flinty state}, a siliceous slate; --
basanite is here included. See {Basanite}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flinty
adj 1: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the
child's misery would move even the most obdurate
heart" [syn: {obdurate}, {stony}]
2: having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic
morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"-
Marchette Chute [syn: {granitic}, {unyielding}]
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