flake stand

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flake stand - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flake \Flake\ (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off,
     split, flagna to flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake
     plate, Dan. flage snowflake. Cf. Flag a flat stone.]
     1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a
        film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow,
        tallow, or fish. "Lottle flakes of scurf." --Addison.
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              Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. --Evelyn.
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     2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter,
        darted from a fire; a flash.
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              With flakes of ruddy fire.            --Somerville.
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     3. (Bot.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the
        flower, the petals having large stripes.
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     4. a person who behaves strangely; a flaky[2] person.
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     Flake knife (Arch[ae]ol.), a cutting instrument used by
        savage tribes, made of a flake or chip of hard stone.
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     Flake stand, the cooling tub or vessel of a still worm.
        --Knight.
  
     Flake white. (Paint.)
        (a) The purest white lead, in the form of flakes or
            scales.
        (b) The trisnitrate of bismuth. --Ure.
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