flatlong
English
Etymology
From alternation of the original flatling, by assimilating to long. More at flatling.
Alternative forms
Adverb
flatlong (not comparable)
- With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
- c. 1610-11 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene i[1]:
- Antonio: What a blow was there given!
- Sebastian: An it had not fall'n flat-long.
- c. 1610-11 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene i[1]:
Translations
with the flat side downward
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “flatlong”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)