Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sound or swim-bladder of a fish.
- noun A frame, rack, or open stage on which cod and other salted fish are dried. See
flake .
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Examples
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And Chloe, though she never thought about the Infinite, was sometimes impressed with a feeling of its mysterious presence, as she walked back and forth tending the fish-flake; with the sad song of the sea forever resounding in her ears, and a glittering orb of light sailing through the great blue arch over her head, and at evening sinking into the waves amid a gorgeous drapery of clouds.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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Then the bridegroom was ordered to go to ploughing, and the bride was sent to the fish-flake.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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She was accustomed to carry him to the fish-flake in a big basket, and lay him on a bed of dry leaves, with her apron for an awning.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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Every afternoon it was strewn with white sand from the beach, and marked all over with the broom in a herring-bone pattern; a very suitable coat of arms for the owner of a fish-flake.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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She owned a convenient house on the sea-shore, some twelve or fifteen miles from Cape Ann; she cultivated ten acres of sandy soil, and had a well-tended fish-flake a quarter of a mile long.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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Time passed on, and Chloe went her rounds, from house-service to the field, and from field-service to the fish-flake.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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To own an extensive fish-flake was, in that neighborhood, a sure sign of being well to do in the world.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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So year after year she patiently cooked meals, and weeded the garden, and cut and dried the apples, and scoured the brasses, and sanded the floor in herring-bone pattern, and tended the fish-flake till the profitable crop of the sea was ready for market.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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She heaved a deep sigh when the dress was refolded; and after a moment's silence said, "I wish mother had a fish-flake, and knew how to manage as well as you do, Mrs. Lawton; then she could trade round with the sloops and get me a silk gown."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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