silex

How to use silex in a sentence

• The knives of silex, which I found last year in such great quantities, are as yet but rarely met with in this excavation.

  Troy and its Remains | Henry (Heinrich) Schliemann

• The combination of silex or alumina and an alkali in proper portions always yields a fusible, easy-running compound.

  Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 | Various

• The bed of the road was first properly prepared, and then it was paved with polygonal blocks of blue basalt called silex.

  Rambles in Rome | S. Russell Forbes

• silex is another volcanic stone very little used for building, but entirely for paving the roads both ancient and modern.

  Rambles in Rome | S. Russell Forbes

• Then, on the terrace above, there is an arcade paved with blocks of silex, and on one side shops.

  Rambles in Rome | S. Russell Forbes