flecche

flecche
, v. n. == flinch. 951 B.

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  • flecche — …   Useful english dictionary

  • flinch — (v.) 1570s, from obsolete flecche to bend, flinch, probably from O.Fr. flenchir to bend, probably from Frankish *hlankjan or some other Germanic source (Cf. M.H.G. linken, Ger. lenken to bend, turn, lead ), from PIE root *kleng to bend, turn (see …   Etymology dictionary

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