| Flemish | a. Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. -- n. The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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