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Meaning of FLEMISH

Pronunciation:  'flemish

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch
  2. [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
 
 See Also: Dutch

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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