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Webster 1913 Edition
Flemish
Flem′ish
,Adj.
Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.
– Noun.
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 , 8.
– Bond
, Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flemish
FLEM'ISH
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Flemish
Flemish
See also: flemish
English
Adjective
Flemish (comparative more Flemish, superlative most Flemish)
- Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
- Of or relating to the Flemish variety of the Dutch language.
Derived terms
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Translations
of or relating to Flanders
of or relating to the Flemish variety of the Dutch language
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Proper noun
Flemish
Translations
the Dutch language as it is spoken in Flanders
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