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Webster 1913 Edition
Flake
Flake
(flāk)
, Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
flaki
, fleki
, Dan. flage
, D. vlaak
.] 1.
A paling; a hurdle.
[prov. Eng.]
2.
A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
You shall also, after they be ripe, neither suffer them to have straw nor fern under them, but lay them either upon some smooth table, boards, or
flakes
of wands, and they will last the longer. English Husbandman.
3.
(Naut.)
A small stage hung over a vessel’s side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.
Flake
(flāk)
, Noun.
[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.] 1.
A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale;
“Lottle flakes of scurf.” as, a
. flake
of snow, tallow, or fishAddison.
Great
flakes
of ice encompassing our boat. Evelyn.
2.
A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.
With
flakes
of ruddy fire. Somerville.
3.
(Bot.)
A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
Flake knife
(Archæol.)
, a cutting instrument used by savage tribes, made of a flake or chip of hard stone.
Tylor.
– Flake stand
, the cooling tub or vessel of a still worm.
Knight.
– Flake white
. (Paint.)
(a)
The purest white lead, in the form of flakes or scales.
(b)
The trisnitrate of bismuth.
Ure.
Flake
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flaked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flaking
.] To form into flakes.
Pope.
Flake
,Verb.
I.
To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flake
FLAKE
,Noun.
1.
A small collection of snow, as it falls from the clouds or from the air; a little bunch or cluster of snowy crystals, such as fall in still moderate weather. This is a flake, lock or flock of snow.2.
A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, on which cod-fish is dried.3.
A layer or stratum; as a flake of flesh or tallow. Job. 41.
4.
A collection or little particle of fire, or of combustible matter on fire, separated and flying off.5.
Any scaly matter in layers; any mass cleaving off in scales.Little flakes of scurf.
6.
A sort of carnations of two colors only, having large stripes going through the leaves.White-flake, in painting, is lead corroded by means of the pressing of grapes, or a ceruse prepared by the acid of grapes. It is brought from Italy, and of a quality superior to common white lead. It is used in oil and varnished painting, when a clean white is required.
FLAKE
,Verb.
T.
FLAKE
,Verb.
I.