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Webster 1913 Edition

Flinders

Flin′ders

,
Noun.
pl.
[Scot.
flenders
,
flendris
; perh. akin to E.
flutter
; cf. D.
flenters
rags, broken pieces.]
Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
The tough ash spear, so stout and true,
Into a thousand
flinders
flew.
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024

flinders

flinders

English

Noun

flinders ‎(uncountable)

  1. (plural only) fragments, splinters
    • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
      The heat brought sweat and the sweat blinded. Black flinders gyrated in the fiery air like bats.

Etymology 2

See flinder.

Noun

flinders

  1. plural of flinder

Etymology

Probably of Scandinavian origin: compare Norwegian flindra ‎(“splinter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪndəz/

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