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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Flend(e)ris, Flinderis, n. pl. Also: flenders, flinders. [Possibly of Scand. origin; cf. Norw. flindra a thin piece split off.] Fragments, splinters, pieces.(a) ?1438 Alex. i. 921.
Sampsone in flenderis brak his spere a1500 Gol. & Gaw 915.
Thair speris in the feild in flendris gart ga 1513 Doug. v. iv. 89.
The arys in flendris lap Ib. xii. xii. 113.
This ontrew temperit blaid … In flendris flaw 15.. Christis Kirk 76 (84).
He forgit it so fowriously, The bow in flenderis flew 1560 Rolland Seven S. 1539.
Quhill plait and maill all into flenders flew(b) 1596 Dalr. II. 81/5.
The piece, … with ouer sair a chairge, flies in flinderis Ib. 129/30.
A schip … quhilk … in flindirs flew 1638 Adamson Muses Thr. 22.
The shot was mine, the boult in flinders flown
