FLANK
\flˈaŋk], \flˈaŋk], \f_l_ˈa_ŋ_k]\
Definitions of FLANK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the side between ribs and hipbone
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a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
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a subfigure consisting of a side of something
By Princeton University
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the side between ribs and hipbone
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a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
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a subfigure consisting of a side of something
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
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The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side.
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The side of any building.
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That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
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To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.
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To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.
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To border; to touch.
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To be posted on the side.
By Oddity Software
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The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
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The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side.
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The side of any building.
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That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
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To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.
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To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.
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To border; to touch.
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To be posted on the side.
By Noah Webster.
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The fleshy part of an animal between the ribs and hip; the side of an army, regiment, or building; that part of a fortification constructed to defend another.
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To attack or turn the flank or side of (an army); guard on the flank; to border or touch.
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Pertaining to, or cut from, the flank.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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To border.
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The side of an animal from the ribs to the thigh; the side of anything, esp. of an army or fleet.
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To attack or pass round the side of.
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To be posted on the side; to touch.
By Daniel Lyons
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To border.
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To turn, guard, or threaten the flank (of).
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Pertaining to the flank or side.
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The part of an animal's side between the ribs and the hip.
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The side of anything, as of an army.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Side of the body from the ribs to the hip; side of an army or fleet.
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To attack or pass round the side of; be at the side of.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The fleshy part of the side of an animal between the ribs and the hip; the side of an army or body of troops; that part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face; the side of any building.
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To command the flank of; to attack the side or flank of; to post troops so as to attack the flank; to secnro or guard on the flank.
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To border; to touch; to be posted on the side. Flank files, the first two men on the right and the last two men on the left Flank company, a certain number of men drawn up on the right or left of a battalion. Flank en potence, any part of the right or left wing, formed at a right angle with the line. Flank fichant, the flank from which the cannon, when playing, fires directly on the opposite bastion. Flank razant, the point from which the line of defence commences.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The fleshy or muscular part of an animal situated between the ribs and the hip; the side of anything, as of an army; the extreme right or left of a military position; the part of a work placed to defend another.
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To attack the side or flank of an army; to pass round the side or flank; to border; to touch; to be posted on the side.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal or a man, between the lower end of the ribs and the hip. [Fr]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [French, Italian, German] The fleshy part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip;—the side of an army, or of any division of an army; the extreme right or left;—that part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the opposite face;—the side of any building.
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