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n. (Mining) Flucan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. flōc a kind of flatfish, Icel. flōki a kind of halibut. ] 1. (Zool.) The European flounder. See Flounder. [ Written also fleuk, flook, and flowk. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any American flounder of the genus Paralichthys, especially Paralicthys dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays. RHUD [ PJC ]

3. (Zool.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly. ] 1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [ Cant, Eng. ] A. Trollope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Fluked p. pr. & vb. n. Fluking ] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) Same as 1st Fluke, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed like, or having, a fluke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wlæc warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew. ] Moderately warm; not hot; tepid; lukewarm. -- Luke"ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke. Dickens. [1913 Webster]

a. [ See Luke. ] 1. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. “ Lukewarm blood.” Spenser. “ Lukewarm patriots.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden.

-- Luke"warm`ly, adv. -- Luke"warm`ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Mameluke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mamelouk, cf. Sp. mameluco, It. mammalucco; all fr. Ar. mamlūk a purchased slave or captive; lit., possessed or in one's power, p. p. of malaka to possesses. ] One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Muslimism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Ar. ta'lluq. ] A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]