† flatlongadv.
Obsolete.
1. In or into a prostrate position.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > prostrate or face down
groofc1374
on grufe (rarely on the grufe)c1375
grovellingsa1400
grovellingc1400
agroofc1425
womblonga1475
grovellingly1548
prostrately1556
grovellingwise1561
flatlong1570
pronely1578
on one's grufe1788
ventre à terre1960
1570 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Lekprevik) v. 1110 Flatlangis [1488 thwortour].
1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 64 [They] let them selues fall flatlong downe to the earth.
a1632 in T. Taylor God's Judgem. i. i. xxix. 133.
2. With the flat side; also, with the flat sides in contact.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > contiguously > with flat sides touching
flatlonga1586
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [adverb] > with the broad surface (uppermost)
broadlingc1200
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flatwise1601
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [adverb] > with the broad surface (uppermost) > with broad surfaces in contact
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxi. sig. Vu3 The pittilesse sworde..did but hitte flat long.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 34 They haue a deuice of two sticks filled with corks, and crossed flatlong.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 186 Ant. What a blow was there giuen? Seb. And it had not falne flat-long.
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 67 I..clapt my left foote..flat long to the left side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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