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Flake

noun

A crystal of snow. Synonym: snowflake.

A person with an unusual or odd personality. Synonyms: eccentric, eccentric person, geek, oddball.

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole. Synonyms: bit, chip, fleck, scrap.

verb

(past & past part. flaked; pres. part. flaking)

Form into flakes.

Cover with flakes or as if with flakes.

Come off in flakes or thin small pieces. Synonyms: flake off, peel, peel off.

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... it did little good. Previous experience with pyrethrum was not very satisfactory. Knowing the volatility of naphthalene in warm weather and the irritating character of its vapor led me to try it. I took one room at a time, scattered on the floor five pounds of flake naphthalene and closed it for twenty-four hours. On entering such a room the naphthalene vapor will instantly bring tears to the eyes and cause coughing and irritation of the air passages. I mention this to show how it acts on the ...

— Insects and Diseases - A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread - or Cause some of our Common Diseases • Rennie W. Doane

... distance. The shore, which was very much indented, consisted of a beautiful soft golden sand, mixed with small shells, the long-deserted home of some of the creatures of a past age. The waves broke incessantly—and with a peculiarly sonorous murmur, to be found in underground localities. A slight frothy flake arose as the wind blew along the pellucid waters; and many a dash of spray was blown into my face. The mighty superstructure of rock which rose above to an inconceivable height left only a narrow opening—but where we stood, ...

— A Journey to the Centre of the Earth • Jules Verne

... the starboard how, and warn other vessels off the course, the Medway on the port, and the Albany on the starboard quarter, to drop or pick up buoys, and make themselves generally useful. Despite the fickleness of the weather, and a 'foul flake,' or clogging of the line as it ran out of the tank, there was no interruption of the work. The 'old coffee mill,' as the sailors dubbed the paying-out gear, kept grinding away. 'I believe we shall do it this time, Jack,' said one of the crew to ...

— Heroes of the Telegraph • J. Munro

... When bright snow-flake-petaled daisy, Whose heart of yellow gold, Is richer vein of pure delight Than miner-kings may hold, Sends out her invitation warm, To search in her domain For berries like a bleeding ...

— Our Profession and Other Poems • Jared Barhite

... here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel, With many a silvery waterbreak Above the ...

— Six Centuries of English Poetry - Tennyson to Chaucer • James Baldwin

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