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Webster 1913 Edition


Flemish

Flem′ish

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Adj.
Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.
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Noun.
The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders.
Flemish accounts
(Naut.)
,
short or deficient accounts.
[Humorous]
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Flemish beauty
(Bot.)
,
a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side.
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Flemish bond
.
(Arch.)
See
Bond
,
Noun.
, 8.
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Flemish brick
,
a hard yellow paving brick.
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Flemish coil
,
a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other.
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Flemish eye
(Naut.)
,
an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other.
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Flemish horse
(Naut.)
,
an additional footrope at the end of a yard.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flemish

FLEM'ISH

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Flanders.