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- English Word Flaw Definition A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.
- English Word Flaw Definition A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.
- English Word Flaw Definition A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.
- English Word Flaw Definition A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
- English Word Flaw Definition To crack; to make flaws in.
- English Word Flaw Definition To break; to violate; to make of no effect.
- English Word Flawed Definition of Flaw
- English Word Flawing Definition of Flaw
- English Word Flawless Definition Free from flaws.
- English Word Flawn Definition A sort of flat custard or pie.
- English Word Flawter Definition To scrape o/ pare, as a skin.
- English Word Flawy Definition Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty.
- English Word Flawy Definition Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.
- English Word Flax Definition A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed.
- English Word Flax Definition The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
- English Word Flax-plant Definition A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.
- English Word Flaxen Definition Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair.
- English Word Flaxseed Definition The seed of the flax; linseed.
- English Word Flaxweed Definition See Toadflax.
- English Word Flaxy Definition Like flax; flaxen.