Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb With the flat side or edge of a sword.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • With the flat side; flatwise; flatly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb obsolete With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb Flatly, plainly.
  • adverb In a flat position.
  • adverb With the flat part of a sword.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From flat +‎ -ling.

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