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  • [OED, to hurl as a missile: "They flung darts"] v. to shoot (an arrow): 1918 Jack fling one of his arrow
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  • v. See FLEET.
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  • n, [probably from OED fig (of tobacco) a small piece, perhaps influenced by flake; cf. FIG TOBACCO] a piece of tobacco: 1918 He
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  • [from Fleischmann's Yeast, a brand name] n. yeast: You make the bread rise with fleshtnan 'eat' (Nassau). Today you got the
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  • (Andros); flick (Aeldins) [cf. Scots fleat v. pret. scolded CSD] v. to humiliate someone by reminding him of the good deeds
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  • n. meat with a sharp taste, often used to provide flavor rather than substance: 1976 [Breadfruit] boiled. , .and flavoured with
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  • [cf, OED flatten to depress (the spirits) ohs. →1776] adj. depressing: It is flattening to think how many children neglect their parents
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  • n. a style of plaiting hair in which the braid is turned in and has a flatter appearance than the GUINEA-ROW, which is
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  • [Vir. idem (Highfield p.c.); OED, to make flat.. now chiefly in technical use] v. to make flat, such as a tire:
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  • [cf. Sra. fambow torch WST; OED flambeau torch, also US dial. ADD; cf. Scots, West, nautical flamboy idem CSD, DSS, and
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