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▪ I. † flect, v. Obs. rare. In 6 flecte. [ad. L. flect-ĕre to bend.] trans. To bend, turn. lit. and fig.
1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV, 206 b, He with..faire wordes, did receive and intertain, to the intent to flecte and allure the hartes of other men. 1578Banister Hist. Man i. 33 Those Muscles, by whose benefite..the thigh is outward flected. ▪ II. † flect, n. Obs. [ad. Ger. fleck hamlet, ‘spot’: see fleck.] A hamlet, small village.
1637R. Monro Exped. ii. 89 On this River of the Maine where the Townes and pleasant Flects lie by the water..Their Dorpes and Flects walled about. ▪ III. flect, a. Her.|flɛkt| [Short for flected.] = flected a.
1830[see flected]. 1889in Elvin Dict. Her. |