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flasket|ˈflɑːskɪt, -æ-|
Also 5–7 flaskett, 6 -it.
[a. OF. flasquet (northern form of flachet), dim. of flasque, flache, flask n.2
Sense 1 appears to be unknown in Fr.; Welsh has fflasged in same sense, doubtless adopted from Eng. (cf. flask n.2 5). In sense 2 the earlier form is flacket.]
1. ‘A long shallow basket’ (J.).
1460–65Churchw. Acc. St. Andrew's, Eastcheap in Brit. Mag. XXXI. 395 Item for a baskett to put in the Juellys..and for iij Flasketts. 1596Spenser Prothal. 26 They gathered flowers to fill their flasket. 1664Evelyn Sylva (1776) 254 The Osier likewise yields more limber and flexible twigs for baskets, flaskets, &c. 1700Parnell Battle Frogs & Mice i. 54 In vain the circled Loaves attempt to lie Conceal'd in Flaskets. 1770Poetry in Ann. Reg. 220 The Fauns thro' ev'ry furrow shoot To load their flaskets with the fruit. a1849J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 66 A fisher with his teeming flasket. 1881C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley iv. 147 There was a great flasket, which they carried between them, each holding one handle.
transf.1756–66T. Amory J. Buncle (1825) III. 79 His belly as a vast flasket of garbage projected monstrously before.
b. A similar article made of metal.
1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. in Heaven 85 Bring, bring, ye Graces, all your silver flaskets. 1715tr. Mad. D'Ano's Wks. 416 Precious Stones, Laces, Ribbands, all in large Flaskets of Filagreen Gold. 1725Pope Odyss. x. 420 The silver stands with golden flaskets grac'd.
c. So much as is contained in a flasket.
1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 14 For a flasket of sope. iiii. d.
d. dial. ‘A shallow washing tub’ (Halliwell).
1814Pegge Suppl. to Grose, Flasket, an oval tub with two handles, used in washing. York. 1888Sheffield Gloss., Flasket, an oblong or oval-shaped tub used in washing clothes.
2. A small flask.
1577Fenton Gold. Epist. 30 Dauid was a theefe when he conueyed the..flasket of water from the beds head of Saule. 1583Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1860) 74 Thre glasse flasketts 3/. 1634Malory's Arthur viii. xxiv, They..saw a little flasket [1485 flacked] of gold stand by them. 1891A. Lang in Longm. Mag. Aug. 444 And then he takes his flasket out, And drinks a rousing cup. |