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▪ I. ˈflinder, n. Obs. exc. dial.
In 4 vlindre.
[= mod.Du. vlinder.]
A moth or butterfly.
1340Ayenb. 206 Zuo long uliȝþ þe ulindre aboute the candle: þet hi bernþ. 1736Pegge Kenticisms, Flinder, a butterfly. 1887in Kent Gloss.
▪ II. flinder, v.1 Sc. rare—1.|ˈflɪndə(r)|
[f. flinders n.]
trans. To break into flinders or pieces.
1871P. H. Waddell Ps. x. 15 Flinder ye the arm o' the ill-doers. Ibid. xlvi. 9 He flinders the bow.
▪ III. ˈflinder, v.2 Sc.
[Cf. Flemish vlinderen, LG. flindern to flutter, fly away.]
(See quot.)
1808–80Jamieson, To Flinder, to flirt, to run about in a fluttering manner; also applied to cattle, when they break through inclosures, and scamper through the fields. |