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Flanker
One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.
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A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…
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One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.
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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 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 act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
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