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1. flatling(es adv.

Additional spellings: flatlinges
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) So as to lie flat or stretched out; (b) into a prostrate position, flat; (c) with the flat of the sword. …

2. flat-mǒuthed adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Flat-mouthed. …

3. flat adj.

32 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Level, flat; even, smooth; flattened (face); of sculpture: not in relief; of a roof: low-pitched; (b) of dishes, etc.: shallow; smooth-surfaced; (c) of a sword: flat side foremost. …

4. flatten v.

9 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To beat or strike (someone); flatten on, to beat upon; (b) to splash (water); (c) to rush. …

5. flīten v.

36 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To argue or quarrel in a noisy manner; to rebuke or reproach (someone); (b) fliten with (ayen, mid, on, to, unto), to dispute with (someone), argue against (something); also, to rebuke (someone)……

6. flatrīse n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Flattery. …

7. planir adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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?Smooth, level, flat; ?broad, wide. …

8. brēdling adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Used with the broad or flat side. …

9. splā̆ten v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To stretch out, extend; p. ppl. adj. splat as adv.: in a horizontal plane, flat. …

10. vlē̆t n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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In comb.: vlet line, part of the rigging of a ship, prob. some kind of flat plaited cord, ?a gasket. …

11. flaun n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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A sort of pie or cake [see quots. 1381, c1425]. …

12. thwert nai phr.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Certainly not, in no way, to the contrary; law as a formula for categorical denial of a complaint: absolutely not, not so; seien (ouen) thwert nai. …

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