- Flech
- German German for the flat of the blade.
Medieval glossary. 2014.
Medieval glossary. 2014.
flech — ˈfleḵ Scotland variant of flea * * * flech(e var. of fleech … Useful english dictionary
fletch — /flech/, v.t. to provide (an arrow) with a feather. [1625 35; back formation from FLETCHER] * * * … Universalium
fletcher — /flech euhr/, n. a person who makes arrows. [1350 1400; ME fleccher < OF flechier. See FLÈCHE, ER2] * * * … Universalium
Fletcher — /flech euhr/, n. 1. John, 1579 1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606? 16; with Philip Massinger 1613 25. 2. John Gould, 1886 1950, U.S. poet. 3. a male given name. * * * … Universalium
Fletcherism — /flech euh riz euhm/, n. the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849 1919, U.S. nutritionist. [1905 10, Amer.; Fletcher + ISM] * * * … Universalium
Fletcherize — /flech euh ruyz /, v.i., v.t., Fletcherized, Fletcherizing. to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly. Also, esp. Brit., Fletcherise. [1900 05, Amer.; see FLETCHERISM, IZE] * * * … Universalium
Flechsig field tract zone — Flech·sig field, tract, zone (flekґsig) [Paul Emil Flechsig, German neurologist, 1847–1929] see under zone and see myelinogenetic field under field and tractus spinocerebellaris posterior … Medical dictionary
fleech — ˈflēch verb ( ed/ ing/ es) Etymology: Middle English (Scots) flechen dialect : to coax or wheedle especially by flattery … Useful english dictionary
fletch — ˈflech transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ es) Etymology: back formation from fletcher : feather fletch an arrow nursed a sharpened grudge … keeping it barbed and fletched against the time when he might let fly with it I.S.Cobb … Useful english dictionary
fletcher radial burner — ˈflechə(r) noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology: from the name Fletcher : a low flat gas burner with a number of jets arranged in a radial pattern designed to heat a large container resting on it … Useful english dictionary