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The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal,
between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef. |
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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, to
attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side. |
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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. |
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The side of any building. |
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That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that
lies within the pitch line. |
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To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon. |
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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. |
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To border; to touch. |
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To be posted on the side. |
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