flemish
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Synonyms: blemish
Antonyms: blemish
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Adjective
- Of or relating to [[Flanders]], either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of [[West Flanders]] and [[East Flanders]] in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of [[Belgium]].
- Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the {{w|Dutch language}}.
- Of or relating to [[West Flemish]], [[East Flemish]] and/or [[French Flemish]] dialects of Dutch.
Proper noun
- Standard [[Dutch]] as it is spoken in [[Flanders]].
- [[West Flemish]] (including [[French Flemish]] and [[Zeelandic Flemish]]) and [[East Flemish]] dialects of Dutch.
- Any of the [[Low Franconian]] dialects or languages spoken in northern Belgium, mainly [[West Flemish]], [[East Flemish]], [[Brabantian]] dialects of Dutch and [[Limburgish]].
Noun
- {{lb|en|nautical}} {{ellipsis of|en|Flemish coil|t=a rope that has been [[arrange]]d into a neat, flat spiral coil}}.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive|nautical}} ''Often followed by'' '''[[down#Adverb|down]]''': to [[arrange]] (a [[rope#Noun|rope]]) into a [[neat#Adjective|neat]], [[flat#Adjective|flat]] [[spiral#Adjective|spiral]] [[coil#Noun|coil]].
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