FLEMISH

flemish. Flemish, a. pertaining to Flanders; n. the language

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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. 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.