FLAW

flaw. Flaw, v.t. to crack, break, violate, injure, hurt

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Flaw (fla̤), n. [[OE. flai, flaw flake; cf. Sw. flaga flaw, crack, breach, flake, D. vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage, flaag, and E. flag a flat stone.]] 1. 1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.
This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. Shak. 2. 2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.
Has not this also its flaws and its dark side? South. 3. 3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.
And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw. Dryden. 4. 4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. Milton. Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. Tennyson. Syn. — Blemish; fault; imperfection; spot; speck.