FLAT, FLATLY
ADJECTIVES
► BACKFLAUGHT flat on one’s back → 1856 Sc.
► BELLY-FLAUGHTERED thrown flat on the ground → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► DEAD flat → 1782 obs.
► FLAT AS A FLITTER very flat → 1906 Amer. dial.
► FLAT AS A FLOUNDER very flat indeed → 1856
► FLAT AS A PANCAKE very flat → 1611
► FLAT AS BE BLOWED very flat indeed → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► FLAT AS ONE’S HAND very flat → 1883
► HANDSMOOTH flat or level as if smoothed with the hand; smooth to the hand → 1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PANEL flat-sided → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCLAFE ► SKLEFF flat and thin → 1802 Eng. dial. obs.
► SMACK-SMOOTH flat; completely smooth; level or even with the ground or surface → 1755 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► YAVAL ► YAVIL flat on one’s back and unable to rise; collapsed from insensibility, drink, etc. → 1754 Sc.
ADVERBS
► AFLAUGHT lying flat → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► ALIE lying flat, in a recumbent position → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BELLY-FLAUGHT stretched flat, headlong; face downward → 1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BELLY-FLAUGHTERED thrown flat on the ground → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCAT flat, ‘plump’ → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SCLAFF ► SKLAFF flat; with a flat light step → 1866 Sc.
► SCLAFFER ► SKLAFFER flat; with a flat light step → 1866 Sc.
► SCLYTE flatly; suddenly, as with a fall → 1881 Sc.
NOUNS
► SCONE anything flat, round, and soft, resembling a scone → 1825 Sc.
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