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flake
(encz) | flake,vločka Hynek Hanke |
Flake
(gcide) | Flake \Flake\ (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flaki, fleki, Dan. flage,
D. vlaak.]
1. A paling; a hurdle. [prov. Eng.]
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2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or
interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish
and other things.
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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.
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3. (Naut.) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for
workmen to stand on in calking, etc.
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Flake
(gcide) | Flake \Flake\, n. [Etym. uncertain; cf. 1st Fake.]
A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable.
Flake after flake ran out of the tubs, until we were
compelled to hand the end of our line to the second
mate. --F. T.
Bullen.
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Flake
(gcide) | Flake \Flake\ (fl[=a]k), n. [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; as, a flake of snow,
tallow, or fish. "Lottle flakes of scurf." --Addison.
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Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. --Evelyn.
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2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter,
darted from a fire; a flash.
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With flakes of ruddy fire. --Somerville.
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3. (Bot.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the
flower, the petals having large stripes.
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4. a person who behaves strangely; a flaky[2] person.
[Colloq.]
[PJC]
Flake knife (Arch[ae]ol.), 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.
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Flake
(gcide) | Flake \Flake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flaking.]
To form into flakes. --Pope.
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Flake
(gcide) | Flake \Flake\, v. i.
To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
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flake
(wn) | flake
n 1: a crystal of snow [syn: snowflake, flake]
2: a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn:
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek]
3: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip,
flake, fleck, scrap]
v 1: form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"
2: cover with flakes or as if with flakes
3: come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my
house is peeling off" [syn: peel off, peel, flake off,
flake] |
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corn flake
(encz) | corn flake, n: |
corn flakes
(encz) | corn flakes,kukuřičné vločky Zdeněk Brož |
cornflake
(encz) | cornflake,cornflake Zdeněk Brožcornflake,kukuřičný lupínek Zdeněk Brož |
cornflakes
(encz) | cornflakes,kukuřičné lupínky Zdeněk Brožcornflakes,kukuřičné vločky Zdeněk Brož |
flake
(encz) | flake,vločka Hynek Hanke |
flake off
(encz) | flake off,loupat se Zdeněk Brožflake off,oprýskat v: Zdeněk Brož |
flake out
(encz) | flake out,sesypat se v: Zdeněk Brožflake out,usnout [frsl.] Pino |
flaked
(encz) | flaked,vločkovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flakes
(encz) | flakes,vločky n: Zdeněk Brož |
flakey
(encz) | flakey,nekonvenční adj: též "flaky" Pavel Machekflakey,podivný adj: též "flaky" Pavel Machek |
oat flakes
(encz) | oat flakes,ovesné vločky numira@i.cz |
snowflake
(encz) | snowflake,bledule n: [bot.] Ritchiesnowflake,sněhová vločka n: Radka D.snowflake,vločka n: Zdeněk Brož |
snowflakes
(encz) | snowflakes,sněhové vločky n: web |
soap flakes
(encz) | soap flakes, n: |
summer snowflake
(encz) | summer snowflake, n: |
wheatflake
(encz) | wheatflake, n: |
cornflake
(czen) | cornflake,cornflake Zdeněk Brož |
Flake knife
(gcide) | Flake \Flake\ (fl[=a]k), n. [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; as, a flake of snow,
tallow, or fish. "Lottle flakes of scurf." --Addison.
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Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. --Evelyn.
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2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter,
darted from a fire; a flash.
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With flakes of ruddy fire. --Somerville.
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3. (Bot.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the
flower, the petals having large stripes.
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4. a person who behaves strangely; a flaky[2] person.
[Colloq.]
[PJC]
Flake knife (Arch[ae]ol.), 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.
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Flake stand
(gcide) | Flake \Flake\ (fl[=a]k), n. [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; as, a flake of snow,
tallow, or fish. "Lottle flakes of scurf." --Addison.
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Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. --Evelyn.
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2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter,
darted from a fire; a flash.
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With flakes of ruddy fire. --Somerville.
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3. (Bot.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the
flower, the petals having large stripes.
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4. a person who behaves strangely; a flaky[2] person.
[Colloq.]
[PJC]
Flake knife (Arch[ae]ol.), 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.
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Flake white
(gcide) | Flake \Flake\ (fl[=a]k), n. [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; as, a flake of snow,
tallow, or fish. "Lottle flakes of scurf." --Addison.
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Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. --Evelyn.
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2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter,
darted from a fire; a flash.
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With flakes of ruddy fire. --Somerville.
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3. (Bot.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the
flower, the petals having large stripes.
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4. a person who behaves strangely; a flaky[2] person.
[Colloq.]
[PJC]
Flake knife (Arch[ae]ol.), 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.
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1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of
bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all
colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note
under Color, n., 1.
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Finely attired in a of white. --Shak.
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2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or
nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
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3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery,
which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at
which a missile is shot.
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'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.
--Shak.
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4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or
Caucasian, races of men.
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5. A white pigment; as, Venice white.
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6. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies
belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the
color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under
Cabbage.
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Black and white. See under Black.
Flake white, Paris white, etc. See under Flack,
Paris, etc.
White of a seed (Bot.), the albumen. See Albumen, 2.
White of egg, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds
the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In
a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent
of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater
portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a
small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar,
with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it
coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it
contains. --Parr.
White of the eye (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the
eye surrounding the transparent cornea.
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Flaked
(gcide) | Flake \Flake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flaking.]
To form into flakes. --Pope.
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snowflake
(gcide) | Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax nivalis syn.
Plectrophanes nivalis) common, in winter, both in
Europe and the United States, and often appearing in
large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white,
but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also
snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and
snowflight.
(b) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in
winter time, especially Junco hyemalis in the Eastern
United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See
Junco.
(c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Snowflake \Snow"flake`\, n.
1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
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2. (Zool.) See Snowbird, 1.
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3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus
Leucoium (Leucoium vernum, Leucoium aestivum, etc.)
resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth
leaves of equal size.
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Snowflake
(gcide) | Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax nivalis syn.
Plectrophanes nivalis) common, in winter, both in
Europe and the United States, and often appearing in
large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white,
but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also
snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and
snowflight.
(b) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in
winter time, especially Junco hyemalis in the Eastern
United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See
Junco.
(c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Snowflake \Snow"flake`\, n.
1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
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2. (Zool.) See Snowbird, 1.
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3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus
Leucoium (Leucoium vernum, Leucoium aestivum, etc.)
resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth
leaves of equal size.
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bran flake
(wn) | bran flake
n 1: wheat flake including the bran |
corn flake
(wn) | corn flake
n 1: crisp flake made from corn |
flake
(wn) | flake
n 1: a crystal of snow [syn: snowflake, flake]
2: a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn:
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek]
3: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip,
flake, fleck, scrap]
v 1: form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"
2: cover with flakes or as if with flakes
3: come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my
house is peeling off" [syn: peel off, peel, flake off,
flake] |
flake off
(wn) | flake off
v 1: come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my
house is peeling off" [syn: peel off, peel, {flake
off}, flake] |
flake out
(wn) | flake out
v 1: change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls
asleep during lectures" [syn: fall asleep, dope off,
flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, {doze
off}, drowse off] [ant: arouse, awake, awaken,
come alive, wake, wake up, waken] |
flakey
(wn) | flakey
adj 1: made of or resembling flakes; "flaky soap" [syn: flaky,
flakey]
2: made of or easily forming flakes [syn: flaky, flakey]
3: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;
"restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like
a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish
combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the
outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage
antics" [syn: bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky,
flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish,
outre] |
snowflake
(wn) | snowflake
n 1: a crystal of snow [syn: snowflake, flake]
2: white Arctic bunting [syn: snow bunting, snowbird,
snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis] |
soap flakes
(wn) | soap flakes
n 1: soap that has been cut into flakes to make suds faster |
summer snowflake
(wn) | summer snowflake
n 1: common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters
of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes;
naturalized in the eastern United States [syn:
starflower, sleepy dick, summer snowflake,
Ornithogalum umbellatum] |
wheatflake
(wn) | wheatflake
n 1: crisp flake made from wheat |
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