Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. -
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- The FlantisoF a Baccallion, Or an ANMY, are iIS
- Sides.
- Ther ule also the Nord ro Flant an BEmy; That
- is, to discorer and sire uxon its Sides.
- Any Forrification, Which bath no Detence righr
- Forivards, is on thac Acconne fauley and defectire;
- and ro render ic compleat, onc pare must be made
- ro Flank anocher. Jhe Currain cheretore is the
- Aronsest parr ot auy fortitied Place, because it is
- Ranked by che crvo Flanks ac irs Finds.
- FLANIE, is alo a Term OF WVar, signifving one
- side oF a Barralion ot an Army; a5 eo Attack ThC
- Enemy in Flante, is to dilcorer and sire upon chem
- on one side.
- FLANK, IH FOTHHCALOM IS THAE PARE OF a Ba.
- Aion, Which lies berweenits Face, and the Cux-
- cain; and which serres noc orly ro detend the C ur-
- tain, buc also tho Facc ot che opposire Baction.
- FL ANKL of the Courrine, OF Second Flank, is thai
- DaHE OF che Courrine becween che Flank, and che
- Poine irhere che Fichant Line of Desenco cermi-
- BaTeS.
- To FLANK, in general, is 1o dilcorer and sire
- uxon che Side ot any Place; bur 10
- FL ANK a Place, is eo dispole a Baction, Ox
- ocher like Work, in such a manner char chere MaII
- be no pare ot ic bur whar is desended; (0 25 you
- may Fromthence Play uxon Front and RCar: FOK
- any Forritication thac hach no Detence, bur just
- rishr Forwards, is Faules; and ro render it com-
- plear, one Parr oushr io be made ro Flank theo.
- Ther: Hence the Currain is alirars che Aronsest
- parr ot any Place, becaule ris panted ac eacti
- end.
- Ficdant FLANK, is chac s Whence a Can
- non plagins Aixeth ies Bullers directlr in the Face
- ot cheoppolice Baction.
- FLANR Rasant, is ehe Lome trom wvhence ch
- Line ot Deteme uss, From che Conjunction o
- wehich vich che Curcain, che Shor ony raceth che
- Face ot chenextBaction, wrtich happens when che
- alone.
- Place.
- lo d LeWacaTOc à Manoe Vercue
- FLAT, 10 Aat a Strip, is cotale in the Fore. Cai
- by the Sheat, as near to the Stips Sides asmaybe
- Wrhien is called, Flatrins in che Fore sail. This ic
- done wrhen a Ship will noc FaII os from a WWinc
- wichour ic, tho the Fore Mear was haled ASE.
- FLAT Bastion. Sec Bastion.
- FLAT- BOTTOMD Moat. Sec MoaF.
- FLAT Cromn. SeC CorOna
- FLATOS, are FHerrelcencies excired in rhC
- Body trom WVind let in, or From Flatulent Mears.
- or Trom che Biie and Paricrearick suice mixedroge
- cher, Whence Wind and Noile
- FLFDMIT, a Ferm in Laws, sienisyinz a Dis-
- charse ox Ereedom from Amerciaments, Wvhere one
- havine been an Ouclar d Fuxirire, cometh eo che
- Peace oF our Lord of his omn accord.
- FLEMESMITE, in Law, Signisies che Liberrs
- to challense rhe Catrel, or Amerciaments ot voux
- Man, 2 Fugirire.
- FLESTI oF any Animal Bodr, is by Anacomists
- detined ro be a Similar and Fibrors PaPE, POEE anic
- chick: OFchischerrecken Aivc Kinds.
- 1. Musculous, Fibrous, ox Fistular Flesti, suck
- as is the Substance oF the Hearr and orher MuI-
- cles.
- 2. Parenchymous Flest aS ChaE OF the L uneS, Li-
- ver and Spleen, was choughe eo be by che ancients:
- Dur since theD se oF Glasses, tis plainty discovered
- thac there is no such ching 25 a Parenchyma, prODer
- y speakins, buc chac all che Viscera, 25 Wvell
- ocher Parrs oF the Body, are Vascular, and nothine
- Duc Plexus, Or Net -work oF (mal Vessels and
- CanalS.
- 3. Viscorous, such 25 che FteM oF che Sromach
- and Curs.
- 4. Clandalous, 25 chat OF ihe Fonsits, che P an-
- creas, he Brealts, 13c.
- 5. Spurions, (0 chey call the Flest ot the Lips
- Cums, che Glans oF che Penis, _c. because cis ot
- Coristicurion ditterenetrom All che rest.
- FLKXOR Carpi Radialis, i5 a Muscle oF che
- Wrist, which ariserh Pendinous trom the Internal
- Extuberance oF the Os Fumeri, becomins Flesty.
- adheres Arictly 10 che Pronator Radii Peres, and in
- ha HF irs Oblique Prosrels coche Carpus, it becomes
- a Aac Tendon whichi passeth over itie Annular Li
- samene, and is inserred ro the upper part of the Os
- Metacarpi, uotiich Cuttains che Fore Anger: Us
- Name Mews iis PC.
- FLFXOR Carpi Vinaris, is a Mulcle OF ehe
- Wrist, Which arilerh Tendinous trom che lame
- Tubercle oF che Shoulder-bone, wich etie Flexor
- Radialis; as allo from the superior and external
- Parr Ot che Vina, Wrhere the Musculus Persorans
- doch arise, and continuins Flethy accordins ro che
- lengch ot rhevina, is parely inserred by a MOrE
- Arons Zendon into chetourch Bone of che Carpus,
- and parely inco the Os Metacarpi, Which sustains
- he Licle Anger. Its Name declares its Dse
- FLEXOR secundi Internodii Dixitorum Pedis.
- Sec Perforatus Pedis.
- FLFXOR Terrii Internodio Digicorum Redi.
- Sec Persorans.
- FLEXOR Terrii Internodim Or Lonsissimus Pol-
- and Learmssis, Wo d. deserred licis, is a Muscte oC che Thumib, which is obserrec
- ho Exerce in an Ere 1 haie a rosdla beerie
- Lace cannor be discorered buc trem che Flant
- Retired FLANK, or the Lomer Ox Covert Flante
- is chac ehC exreriour pare chereot adranceth ro le
- cure the innermost, irtich adranced parr, il ic be
- rounded, is called che Orillon; lo chac chis Flant
- Retire, ad che French call ic, is onty the Plartorm o
- che CaLemate, Which lies hid in che Bastion.
- Simple FLANKS. are Lines Whien 80 trom che
- Angle of the Shoulder co the Curtain, aud whole
- e Lutcllon lo ue Deree ot che MOaE ar
- FLANKED, or Double Tenaille. Sec Lenaille
- TLANKINC Line os DesencC. Se u L
- SDefence
- FLACKINC Angle. Sec Anele.
- FLANRT angle, is che Angle Formed by et
- rvo Faces oEche Baction, and (0 Forms che Poin
- Ot che Bastion.
- FLASK, is in FTeraldry, an Ordinary made B.
- one Arch. line dravn donnvards tothe Base Point
- ic seems ro be che Repreentation oF a BoW, wset
- vended; and es al altass beta double
- The Field is Or, 11 a
- Lure.
- Some Heraldo Cay. The Flaste
- lld.
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