FLEMISHING

Verb

flemishing

present participle of flemish

Source: Wiktionary


FLEMISH

Flem"ish, a.

Definition: Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.

– n.

Definition: 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.

– Flemish beauty (Bot.), a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side.

– Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8.

– Flemish brick, a hard yellow paving brick.

– Flemish coil, a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other.

– Flemish eye (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other.

– Flemish horse (Naut.), an additional footrope at the end of a yard.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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