Definition of fluke

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Fluke (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.

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Peak :: Peak (n.) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
Flukeworm :: Flukeworm (n.) Same as 1st Fluke, 2..
Fish-tackle :: Fish-tackle (n.) A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.
Davit :: Davit (n.) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit..
Flook :: Flook (n.) A fluke of an anchor.
Fluke :: Fluke (n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.
Fluky :: Fluky (a.) Formed like, or having, a fluke..
Distoma :: Distoma (n.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2..
Anchor :: Anchor (n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station..
Marysole :: Marysole (n.) A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff..
Bill :: Bill (n.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.
Billboard :: Billboard (n.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on..
Flowk :: Flowk (n.) See 1st Fluke.
Smear Dab :: Smear dab () The sand fluke (b).
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
Mutilate :: Mutilate (a.) Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean..
Fluke :: Fluke (n.) An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.
Turbot :: Turbot (n.) A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also bannock fluke..
Trematodea :: Trematodea (n. pl.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodi
Gourdworm :: Gourdworm (n.) The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.
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