Meaning of FLEMISH
Pronunciation: | | 'flemish
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- [n] one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch
- [adj] of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture; "the Flemish population of Belgium"; "Flemish painters"
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| Synonyms: | | Flemish dialect |
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| See Also: | | Dutch | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Flem"ish\, a.
Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. -- n. The language
or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the
people of Flanders.
{Flemish accounts} (Naut.), short or deficient accounts.
[Humorous] --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
{Flemish beauty} (Bot.), a well known pear. It is one of few
kinds which have a red color on one side.
{Flemish bond}. (Arch.) See {Bond}, n., 8.
{Flemish brick}, a hard yellow paving brick.
{Flemish coil}, a flat coil of rope with the end in the
center and the turns lying against, without riding over,
each other.
{Flemish eye} (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by
dividing the strands and lying them over each other.
{Flemish horse} (Naut.), an additional footrope at the end of
a yard.
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