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English
Etymology
From flint + -ware.
Noun
flintware (usually uncountable, plural flintwares)
- A superior kind of earthenware made with flint.
References
- Edward H Knight (1877) “Flintware”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.
- “flintware”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.