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Definition of Flections
1. flection [n] - See also: flection
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flections
Literary usage of Flections
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"flections against him in Burnet's ' History of his own Time.1 He died on 2 Aug.
1768, and was buried in the vault at Mow-don. ..."
2. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by United States (1909)
"... industry and economy, honesty and punctuality, sincerity, sobriety, and all
social a flections, and generous sentiments, among the people. ..."
3. The Life of Frederic the Second, King of Prussia by George Agar Ellis Dover (1844)
"... He- flections on the Seven Years' War. THE year l762 commenced with an event
so favourable to Prussia, that it may be considered as a complete ..."
4. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"... the former of which were applied to inferior, the latter to finer cloths.
flections. Tlio style of all Ins writing* is extremely quaint and idiomatic, ..."
5. Granby: A Novel by Thomas Henry] [Lister (1826)
"... flections on his character. The conclusion was that he should not. It might
produce unpleasant—nay, dangerous consequences. ..."
6. Journal of a Voyage to Greenland, in the Year 1821: With Graphic Illustrations by George William Manby (1823)
"While we were indulging in these gloomy re flections, an immense bear, (Ursus
Albus,} made its appearance at about half a mile distant from us, ..."
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