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Flank :: Flank (v. t.) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of..

Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

Flankering :: Flankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flanke.

Surfaced :: Surface (n.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion..

Bastion :: Bastion (n.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin..

Rubican :: Rubican (a.) Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses..

Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks..

Pylon :: Pylon (n.) An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).

Orillon :: Orillon (n.) A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses..

Epaule :: Epaule (n.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder..

Demigorge :: Demigorge (n.) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion..

Heaves :: Heaves (n.) A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne..

Dipteral :: Dipteral (a.) Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear; -- said of a temple..

Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics..

Flanking :: Flanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flan.

Pan :: Pan (n.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

Rand :: Rand (n.) A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak..

Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank..

Flank :: Flank (n.) The side of any building.

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