Flake

Flake
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. [1913 Webster]

Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]

2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash. [1913 Webster]

With flakes of ruddy fire. --Somerville. [1913 Webster]

3. (Bot.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • flake — flake1 [flāk] n. [ME < Scand, as in Norw flak, ice floe, ON flakna, to flake off < IE * plāg, flat < base * plā > PLAIN1] 1. a small, thin mass [a flake of snow] 2. a thin piece or layer split off or peeled off from anything; chip ☆ 3 …   English World dictionary

  • 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • flake — Ⅰ. flake [1] ► NOUN 1) a small, flat, very thin piece of something. 2) N. Amer. informal a crazy or eccentric person. ► VERB 1) come away from a surface in flakes. 2) split into flakes …   English terms dictionary

  • Flake — (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flaki, fleki, Dan. flage, D. vlaak.] 1. A paling; a hurdle. [prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Flake — Flake, v. i. To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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