flemish accounts

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flemish accounts - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flemish \Flem"ish\, a.
     Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. -- n. The language
     or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the
     people of Flanders.
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     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.
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