3. That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer
perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors.
4. That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.
Flavor
(Fla"vor), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flavored ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flavoring.] To give flavor to; to add
something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.
Flavored
(Fla"vored) a. Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.
Flavorless
(Fla"vor*less) a. Without flavor; tasteless.
Flavorous
(Fla"vor*ous) a. Imparting flavor; pleasant to the taste or smell; sapid. Dryden.
Flavous
(Fla"vous) a. [L. flavus.] Yellow. [Obs.]
Flaw
(Flaw) n. [OE. flai, flaw flake; cf. Sw. flaga flaw, crack, breach, flake, D. vlaag gust of wind,
Norw. flage, flaag, and E. flag a flat stone.]
1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.
This heart
Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws.
Shak. 2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.
Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?
South. 3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel. [Obs.]
And deluges of armies from the town
Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw.
Dryden. 4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw.
Milton.
Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn.
Tennyson. Syn. — Blemish; fault; imperfection; spot; speck.
Flaw
(Flaw), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flawed (fl&addd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flawing.]
1. To crack; to make flaws in.
The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed.
Dryden. 2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.]
France hath flawed the league.
Shak. Flawless
(Flaw"less), a. Free from flaws. Boyle.
Flawn
(Flawn) n. [OF. flaon, F. flan, LL. flado, fr. OHG. flado, G. fladen, a sort of pancake; cf. Gr.
broad. See Place.] A sort of flat custard or pie. [Obs.] Tusser.
Flawter
(Flaw"ter) v. t. [Cf. Flay.] To scrape or pare, as a skin. [Obs.] Johnson.
Flawy
(Flaw"y) a.
