Meaning of FLINDERS
| Pronunciation: | | 'flindurz
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- [n] a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
- [n] British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)
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| | Synonyms: | | Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders, sliver, splinter |
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| | See Also: | | adventurer, bit, chip, explorer, flake, fleck, scrap | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Flin"ders\, n. pl. [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh.
akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.]
Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand
flinders flew. --Sir W.
Scott.
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