strike a light (strikalit")

A piece of flint trimmed into the shape of a gun-flint, but somewhat larger, used with pyrites or steel for procuring fire from the sparks. Such implements have been frequently found among prehistoric relics. They have been used from remote ages, and are still manufactured and sold for that purpose. Another strike -a - light which I lately bought in a stall at Trèves is about 2 inches long by 1 broad, and is made from a flat flake, trimmed to a nearly square edge at the butt-end, and to a very flat arc at the point. Evans , Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain, p. 283.