Definitions for: Flemish


[n] one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch
[adj] of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture; "the Flemish population of Belgium"; "Flemish painters"



Webster (1913) Definition: Flem"ish, a.
Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. -- n. The language
or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the
people of Flanders.

Flemish accounts (Naut.), short or deficient accounts.
[Humorous] --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Flemish beauty (Bot.), a well known pear. It is one of few
kinds which have a red color on one side.

Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8.

Flemish brick, a hard yellow paving brick.

Flemish coil, a flat coil of rope with the end in the
center and the turns lying against, without riding over,
each other.

Flemish eye (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by
dividing the strands and lying them over each other.

Flemish horse (Naut.), an additional footrope at the end of
a yard.

Synonyms: Flemish dialect

See Also: Dutch

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