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<hw>Flange</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>flange</ets> to project, <ets>flanch</ets> a projection. See <er>Flanch</er>, <er>Flank</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the <i>flange</i> of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the <i>flange</i> of a car wheel (see <er>Car wheel</er>.); or for attachment to another object, as the <i>flange</i> on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe.</def>

<cs><col>Blind flange</col>, <cd>a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe.</cd> -- <col>Flange joint</col>, <cd>a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together.</cd></cs>

<i>Knight.</i>

<cs><col>- Flange rail</col>, <cd>a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off.</cd> -- <col>Flange turning</col>, <cd>the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it wh<?/n hot.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Flange</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flanged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flanging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.</def>

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<hw>Flange</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be bent into a flange.</def>

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<hw>Flanged</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a flange or flanges; <as>as, a <ex>flanged</ex> wheel</as>.</def>

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<hw>Flank</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>flanc</ets>, prob. fr. L. <ets>flaccus</ets> flabby, with <ets>n</ets> inserted. Cf. <er>Flaccid</er>, <er>Flanch</er>, <er>Flange</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the rids and the hip. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Beef</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; <as>as, to attack an enemy in <ex>flank</ex> is to attack him on the side</as>.</def>

<blockquote>When to right and left the front <blockquote>Divided, and to either <b>flank</b> retired. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet</def>. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Bastion</er>.

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The side of any building.</def>

<i>Brands.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.</def>

<cs><col>Flank attack</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>an attack upon the side of an army or body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or rear.</cd> -- <col>Flank company</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a certain number of troops drawn up on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers, light infantry, or riflemen.</cd> -- <col>Flank defense</col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <cd>protection of a work against undue exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire from other works, sweeping the ground in its front.</cd> -- <col>Flank en potence</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>any part of the right or left wing formed at a projecting angle with the line.</cd> -- <col>Flank files</col>, <cd>the first men on the right, and the last on the left, of a company, battalion, etc.</cd> -- <col>Flank march</col>, <cd>a march made parallel or obliquely to an enemy's position, in order to turn it or to attack him on the flank.</cd> -- <col>Flank movement</col>, <cd>a change of march by an army, or portion of one, in order to turn one or both wings of the enemy, or to take up a new position.</cd> -- <col>Flanks of a frontier</col>, <cd>salient points in a national boundary, strengthened to protect the frontier against hostile incursion.</cd> -- <col>Flank patrol</col>, <cd>detachments acting independently of the column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of the enemy.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Flank</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flanked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flanking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>flanquer</ets>. See <er>Flank</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Flanker</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.</def>

<blockquote>Stately colonnades are <b>flanked</b> with trees. <i>Pitt.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.</def>

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<hw>Flank</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To border; to touch.</def>