A flake is a fragment of raw material that has broken off as a result of natural force (shock, thermal cracking) or artificial force (transformation by humans). Although most flakes produced by humans [..]

(1) A small, scale-like particle. (2) To lose bond from a surface in small thin pieces, such as paint film that flakes.

early 15c., flaken, (of snow) "to fall in flakes," from flake (n.). Transitive meaning "break or peel off in flakes" is from 1620s; intransitive sense of "to come off in flake [..]

"thin, flat piece of snow; a particle," early 14c., also flauke, flagge, which is of uncertain origin, possibly from Old English *flacca "flakes of snow," or from cognate Old Norse [..]

To break lightly into small pieces.

A piece of stone removed from a core for use as a tool or as debitage.

something lucky that happens by chance

a very small thin piece of something, such as a snowflake

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Separate cooked fish into individual flaky slivers; grate chocolate or cheese into small slivers.

To gently break up into small pieces, usually with a fork or your fingers.

A scale-like particle. To lose bond from a surface in small thin pieces. Sometimes a paint film "flakes".

and Ready Rubbed - The tobacco leaves are compacted under great pressure and heat is applied for days at a time. The Cakes of tobacco are then removed from the press and cut on a guillotine into thin [..]

Separate cooked fish into individual flaky slivers; grate chocolate or cheese into small slivers.

To use a utensil (usually a fork) to break off small pieces or layers of Jamaican food. T

To gently break food into small, flat pieces.

Breaking food apart with a fork usually used for fish.

Shark meat.

To break food into small pieces, usually done with a fork

(n) a crystal of snow(n) a person with an unusual or odd personality(n) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole(v) form into flakes(v) cover with flakes or as if with flakes(v) come of [..]

A platform built from wooden poles for drying fish.

 Is a customer who usually has bad credit, little or no money down. It is usually a waste of time trying to put a deal together for him.

A thin piece of stone chipped away from a larger stone by striking it with another object.

flattish debris from stone tool making that may or may not be used as a tool

To coil a rope so that each coil, on two opposite sides, lies on deck alongside previous coil; so allowing rope

(1) To lay a line out in coils so that it can run without fouling. (2) Folding a sail in layers on the boom.

1. one complete coil of a line that has been Faked Down   2. to fold the sails in place on the deck

(1) To lay a line out in coils so that it can run without fouling. (2) Folding a sail in layers on the boom.

An unusually sharp-edged stone fragmented, struck, or pressured off of a core (a larger rock or nodule). See detached piece.

A flake is a small fragment of stone that shows certain characteristics indicating it was intentionally broken off (flaked off) a larger stone (see “core” above). Some of the characteristics of a flake include a “bulb of percussion,” a “striking platform,” and a thin triangular cross-section. Also see “Debitage” above and “Flaked / Chipped / Knappe [..]

to break off small pieces or layers of food, usually with a fork; often used as a test for doneness when cooking fish.

to break off small pieces or layers of food, usually with a fork; often used as a test for doneness when cooking fish.

1. Method of separating cooked fish into individual flaky slivers. 2. Method of grating chocolate or cheese into small slivers.

, Flaik, sb. a hurdle, or arrangement of branches, on which flax was formerly dried over a fire.

n.(1) "flake (of snow)," s.v. flake sb.\2 OED. KEY: flake@n1

n1 1 flakes 1

A thin flat asymmetrical piece of flint or other stone which was intentionally removed from a tool or projectile core during the process of manufacture or sharpening/resharpening.

A thin piece of stone removed from a core that may be used as a tool as is, or further worked into something more elaborate.

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, paint, or fish. ''There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were [..]

A partially detached section of rock which will often yield good holds along its detached edge. Beware! Some flakes are expanding.