Flint

Flint
This interesting surname has a number of possible origins. The first of these derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century word "flint", and is a topographical surname denoting residence near a conspicuous outcrop of flint rock, while the second is derived from the same Olde English "flint" but used as a nickname to describe someone thought to be "flinty", hard-hearted. This use of the word is recorded as a personal name in the Domesday Book of 1086, as in "Flint", from Suffolk. Finally, the modern surname "Flint" can be locational in origin, deriving from the town of Flint in Clwyd, Wales, which gave its name to the old county of "Flints". Locational surnames were usually acquired by a local landowner, or by the lord of the manor, and especially by those former inhabitants of a place who had moved to another area, and were thereafter best identified by the name of their birthplace. One Thomas Flint was an early American settler; he is listed as living in the colony called "Burcke Row" in Virginia in February 1623. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Flint, which was dated 1248, in "Records of Bec Abbey", Oxfordshire, during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Flint — Flint, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. {Plinth}.] 1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flint — /flint/, n. 1. Austin, 1812 86, U.S. physician: founder of Bellevue and Buffalo medical colleges. 2. his son Austin, 1836 1915, U.S. physiologist and physician. 3. a city in SE Michigan. 159,611. 4. Flintshire. * * * City (pop., 2000: 124,943),… …   Universalium

  • flint — glass [ flintglas ] n. m. inv. ou flint [ flint ] n. m. • 1764, 1855; angl. flint « silex » et glass « verre » ♦ Opt. Verre à base de plomb, très dispersif, utilisé en optique. ● flint ou flint glass nom masculin ( …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • flint — s.n. Varietate de silice. ♢ Sticlă flint = sticlă optică cu indice de refracţie relativ mare, fabricată dintr un amestec de silicaţi de plumb şi de potasiu. – Din germ. Flint, engl. flint. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  flint …   Dicționar Român

  • flint´i|ly — flint|y «FLIHN tee», adjective, flint|i|er, flint|i|est. 1. made of flint; containing flint: »... some flinty concretions of Late Cretaceous age (Raymond Cecil Moore). 2. Figurative. like flint; very hard; …   Useful english dictionary

  • flint|y — «FLIHN tee», adjective, flint|i|er, flint|i|est. 1. made of flint; containing flint: »... some flinty concretions of Late Cretaceous age (Raymond Cecil Moore). 2. Figurative. like flint; very hard; …   Useful english dictionary

  • flint — sb., en, i sms. flint el. flinte , fx flint(e)bøsse, flint(e)lås, flint(e)redskab, dog flint i flintglas, flinthård og flintlag; fare i flint …   Dansk ordbog

  • flint — ou flint glass (flint ou flint glas ) s. m. Verre en cristal servant avec le crown glass à faire les lentilles achromatiques des microscopes ; il est constitué par 3 atomes de quadrisilicate de plomb et 2 atomes de quadrisilicate de potasse.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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