n. [ Cf. AS. flōc a kind of flatfish, Icel. flōki a kind of halibut. ]
n. [ Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly. ]
v. t. & i.
n. (Zool.) Same as 1st Fluke, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wlæc warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew. ] Moderately warm; not hot; tepid; lukewarm. --
Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
a. [ See Luke. ]
An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden.
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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