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-1 n. சூட்டப்பம் முதலியவற்றைச் சேமித்து வைப்பதற்கான அடுக்குநிலை, மீன் முதலியவற்றைக் காயப் போடுதற்கான மேடைச்சட்டம், வாட்போர்முறையில் பயன்படும் இயங்கு தட்டித் தடைச்சட்டம், விளிம்படைப்பு முதலியன வைப்பதற்காகக் கப்பல் பக்கங்களில் தொங்கவிடப்படும் சட்டம்.-2 n. காற்றில் மிதங்தலைபடும் பஞ்சுத்துணுக்கு, வீசி எறியப்பட்டுக் காற்றில் மிதக்கும் எரிதழல் இணுக்கு, சீவல் துணுக்கு, உரித்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட மெல்லிய பரந்த சிம்புப் பகுதி, சிறு விரல்போன்ற துண்டு, மிதவைத் துய், மீனிறைச்சியின் இயற்கைப்பாளம், அடை அடுக்கு, செந்நிறத
Flake, n. Etym: [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.) Defn: A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc. Flake, n. Etym: [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. 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.) Defn: 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaking.] Defn: To form into flakes. Pope. Flake, v. i. Defn: To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off. Flake, n. Etym: [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.) Defn: A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc. Flake, n. Etym: [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. 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.) Defn: 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaking.] Defn: To form into flakes. Pope. Flake, v. i. Defn: To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.