单词 | to flanch |
释义 | > as lemmasto flanch intransitive. To spread, widen out; to slope outwards towards the top. Also with out, off. to flanch up: to slope inwards towards the top; applied especially to the outsides of chimney-shafts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > flare at extremity [verb (intransitive)] flanch1776 flange1820 flare1834 bell1922 the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > taper [verb (intransitive)] > towards the top flanch1833 1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) IV. 357 Dark grey and smooth within; the border flanching out. 1802 Trans. Soc. Arts 20 288 The sides, from the floor-heads to the top of the gunwale, flaunch off on each side. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §234 Each flue to have a Roman cement chimney shaft..flanched up (sloped in a way to throw off wet). < as lemmas |
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