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<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.</def>

<h1>Flavor</h1> <Xpage=568>

<hw>Fla"vor</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flavored</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flavoring</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.</def>

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<hw>Fla"vored</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a distinct flavor; <as>as, high-<ex>flavored</ex> wine</as>.</def>

<h1>Flavorles</h1> <Xpage=568>

<hw>Fla"vor*les</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without flavor; tasteless.</def>

<h1>Flavorous</h1> <Xpage=568>

<hw>Fla"vor*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Imparting flavor; pleasant to the taste or smell; sapid.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>Fla"vous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flavus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Yellow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Flaw</h1> <Xpage=568>

<hw>Flaw</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>flai</ets>, <ets>flaw</ets> flake; cf. Sw. <ets>flaga</ets> flaw, crack, breach, flake, D. <ets>vlaag</ets> gust of wind, Norw. <ets>flage</ets>, <ets>flaag</ets>, and E. <ets>flag</ets> a flat stone.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; <as>as, a <ex>flaw</ex> in a knife or a vase</as>.</def>

<blockquote>This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand <b>flaws</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A defect; a fault; <as>as, a <ex>flaw</ex> in reputation; a <ex>flaw</ex> in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.</as></def>

<blockquote>Has not this also its <b>flaws</b> and its dark side? <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in; I heard the mighty <b>flaw</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.</def>

<blockquote>Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and <b>flaw</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Like <b>flaws</b> in summer laying lusty corn. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Blemish; fault; imoerfection; spot; speck.</syn>

<h1>Flaw</h1> <Xpage=568>

<hw>Flaw</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flawed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flawing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To crack; to make flaws in.</def>

<blockquote>The brazen caldrons with the frosts are <b>flawed</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To break; to violate; to make of no effect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>