Dictionary

silex en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsaɪlɛks/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin silex.

Meanings

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Flint.
2. (countable, uncountable) A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc.
   • Every little cold gust that I observed in the Colorado country had this corkscrew character […] an auger, of diameter varying from an inch to a thousand feet, capable of altering its direction so as to bore curved holes, revolving with incalculable rapidity, and armed with a cutting edge of silex. 1864, Fitz-Hugh Ludlow, The Atlantic:

Forms

Deriveds

petrosilex