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silex
[ sahy-leks ]
noun
- flint; silica.
silex
/ ˈsaɪlɛks /
noun
- a type of heat-resistant glass made from fused quartz
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Word History and Origins
Origin of silex1
1585–95; < Latin silex, stem silic- hard stone, flint, boulder
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Word History and Origins
Origin of silex1
C16: from Latin: hard stone, flint
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Example Sentences
The knives of silex, which I found last year in such great quantities, are as yet but rarely met with in this excavation.
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The combination of silex or alumina and an alkali in proper portions always yields a fusible, easy-running compound.
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The bed of the road was first properly prepared, and then it was paved with polygonal blocks of blue basalt called silex.
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Silex is another volcanic stone very little used for building, but entirely for paving the roads both ancient and modern.
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Then, on the terrace above, there is an arcade paved with blocks of silex, and on one side shops.
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