| Flake (flake) |
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| n. | (fl k) |
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| Flake |
| [Cf. Icel.
flaki, fleki, Dan. flage, D. vlaak.] |
A paling; a hurdle.
A platform of hurdles, or small sticks
made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish
and other things.
A small stage hung over a
vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.
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| Flake (flake) |
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| n. | (flk) |
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| Flake |
| [Cf. Icel.
flakna to flake off, split, flagna to flake off, Sw.
flaga flaw, flake, flake plate, Dan. flage
snowflake. Cf. Flag a flat stone.] |
A
loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock;
lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or
fish.
A little particle of lighted or
incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.
A sort of carnation with
only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
|
To separate in
flakes] to peel or scale off.
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| Flake (flake) |
|---|
| n. | (?) |
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| Flake |
| [Etym. uncertain; cf. 1st
Fake.] |
A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable.
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