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▪ I. flemish, v.1 Naut.|ˈflɛmɪʃ|
[f. prec.]
1. trans. To coil or lay up (a rope) in a Flemish coil (see prec. 3). Also to flemish down.
1832Marryat N. Forster xi, The ropes [had been] flemished down on deck. 1867in Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.
2. (See quot.)
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Flemishing, a forcing or scoring of the planks.
▪ II. flemish, v.2|ˈflɛmɪʃ|
intr. Of a hound: To make a quivering movement with the tail and body, while searching for the trail; to feather.
1857Kingsley Two Y. Ago xviii, ‘I thought they beauties starns weren't flemishing for nowt.’ Ibid., The hounds have overrun the scent, and are back again, flemishing about the plashed fence on the river brink. |