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
The ceremony of cutting the first sheaf of dura was performed by the king, with the silex sickle=khepes.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
This last is composed of common carbonate of lime and silex, but the quantity of each has not been accurately determined.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
Flebis; non tua sunt duro præcordia ferro, Vincta, nec in tenero stat tibi corde silex.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
Etym., silex, flint, because found in that mineral.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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