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单词 flinder
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flindern.

Forms: In Middle English vlindre.
Etymology: = modern Dutch vlinder.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈflinder.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
A moth or butterfly.
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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 206 Zuo long uliȝþ þe ulindre aboute the candle: þet hi bernþ.
1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms Flinder, a butterfly.
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

flinderv.1

Brit. /ˈflɪndə/, U.S. /ˈflɪndər/, Scottish English /ˈflɪndər/
Etymology: < flinders n.1
Scottish. rare.
transitive. To break into flinders or pieces.
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1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew x. 15 Flinder ye the arm o' the ill-doers.
1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew xlvi. 9 He flinders the bow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flinderv.2

Etymology: Compare Flemish vlinderen, Low German flindern to flutter, fly away.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈflinder.
Scottish.
(See quot. 1808-80)
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1808–80 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To Flinder, to flirt, to run about in a fluttering manner; also applied to cattle, when they break through inclosures, and scamper through the fields.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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