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flann.1

Brit. /flan/, U.S. /flæn/, Scottish English /flan/
Forms: Also 1700s–1800s flann, 1800s flam n.5
Etymology: compare Icelandic flan sudden rush, flana to rush.
Scottish.
a. A sudden gust or puff of wind.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blast or gust of
ghosteOE
blasta1000
blas?c1225
ragec1405
blorec1440
flaw1513
thud1513
flaga1522
fuddera1522
flake1555
flan1572
whid?1590
flirta1592
gust1594
berry1598
wind-catch1610
snuff1613
stress1625
flash1653
blow1655
fresh1662
scud1694
flurry1698
gush1704
flam1711
waff1727
flawer1737
Roger's Blasta1825
flaff1827
slat1840
scart1861
rodges-blast1879
huffle1889
slap1890
slammer1891
Sir Roger1893
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 2 Thair fell ane ferlyfull flan within thay fellis wide.
1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 81 Tho the Wind be not so strong, there will come Flanns and Blasts off the Land.
1742 J. Mill Diary (1889) 13 The boat was laid under water by a sudden flan.
1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 33 Flan, Flann, a gust of wind.
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b. A puff of smoke driven down the chimney by a gust of wind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flann.2

Brit. /flan/, U.S. /flæn/
Etymology: < French flan (Old French flan , flaon : see flawn n.) originally a round cake, but transferred to this sense from the similarity in shape.
Coining.
A disc of metal before stamping; a blank.
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society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > coin-blank
planchet1611
flan1866
1866–7 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. ii. 511 That round stampt flan or lamina which thus is mounted.
1880 B. V. Head Guide Coins Brit. Mus. 2 The form of the ingot (flan) of most of the early coins was bean-shaped or oval.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flann.3

Brit. /flan/, U.S. /flæn/
Forms: Also flam.
Etymology: < flan adj.
dialect.
a. A shallow.
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1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Flan, a shallow. North.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Flam, a shallow.
b. A broad-brimmed hat (= flan-hat: see the adjective).
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1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness (at cited word) ‘Sun's si parlus hot Ah'll put mi flam on’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flann.4

Brit. /flan/, U.S. /flæn/
Forms: Also flam.
dialect.
A net used in ferreting rabbits. Also attributive, as flam-net.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > net > net for rabbits or hares
purse net1388
hay1389
hay-netc1440
gate-net1605
flan1801
field net1814
purse1893
1801 W. B. Daniel Rural Sports I. 352 After the holes are..covered with Purse-Nets called Flans, the Ferret should be put in.
1876 Surrey Gloss. Flam or Flam-net, a small net used in ferreting rabbits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

flann.5

Brit. /flan/, U.S. /flæn/, /flɑn/
Etymology: French: see flawn n.
An open tart containing fruit or other filling.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > tart > [noun]
tartc1430
tartletc1460
tantadlin1630
fanchonnette1845
flan1846
1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 502 A Flan of Puff Paste... Have a plain round or oval flan mould.
1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians ix The sweets and flans, Madam Esmond prepared herself.
1906 Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. (rev. ed.) xxxi. 899 A 6-inch diameter flan or paste ring.
1906 Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. (rev. ed.) xxxi. 899 There are two ways of making a flan without the aid of a ring.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 344/1 Line the flan ring..with the pastry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flanadj.

Brit. /flan/, U.S. /flæn/
Forms: Also 1800s flam.
Etymology: Of unknown etymology. There is a remarkable coincidence of sense with French flanier slightly concave (said of a grindstone), according to Hatzfeld & Darmesteter < flan tart, flawn n.; but it is difficult to assume a parallel derivation for the English dialect word.
dialect.
Broad, flat, and shallow; also, ‘shallow with sloping sides’ ( Lonsdale Gloss.).
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > concave > slightly
dished1740
flan1781
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Flan, shallow.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Flan, broad.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Flan, Exp. ‘flat, not very hollow’.
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Flan-hat is a summer-hat with a flapping brim, worn by the farmer's wives.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) (at cited word) They gave us fry't eggs and collops in a flan dish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flanv.

Brit. /flan/, U.S. /flæn/
Etymology: Connected with flan adj. Compare flanch v., flange v.
dialect.
intransitive.
a. Of a vessel, etc.: To expand towards the top, to widen upwards. Also, to flan out.
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1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 328 Flan, to spread wide; as the sides of a bowl or scuttle.
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. (at cited word) ‘How she does flan with that gown of hers!’.. A flower vase ‘flans out’ at the top.
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b. Of a window-jamb: To splay or bevel internally. Cf. flanning n.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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