[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

flake \flake\ fl=ak, 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.
      1913 webster

            great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. --evelyn.
      1913 webster

   2. a little particle of lighted or incandescent matter,
      darted from a fire; a flash.
      1913 webster

            with flakes of ruddy fire.            --somerville.
      1913 webster

   3. bot. a sort of carnation with only two colors in the
      flower, the petals having large stripes.
      1913 webster

   4. a person who behaves strangely; a flaky2 person.
      colloq.
      pjc

   flake knife archaeol., a cutting instrument used by
      savage tribes, made of a flake or chip of hard stone.
      --tylor.

   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.
          1913 webster
see also:
flag flake knife flake stand flake white 

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