FLAW, FLAWED
ADJECTIVES
► CRACKED IN THE RING flawed → 1596 sl.
► CRAZED flawed, damaged; broken, cracked → a1400-50 obs.
► CRAZY full of flaws or cracks; damaged, impaired, unsound; liable to break or fall to pieces → 1583
► ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES having some flaws or imperfections → 1892
NOUNS
► BRACK a break, crack, or flaw → 1871 Amer. dial.
► CRACK a flaw, deficiency, failing, unsoundness → 1570
► CRACKING a flaw; damaging of credit, reputation, etc. → 1587
► CRAZE a flaw, defect, unsoundness; an infirmity of health or of brain → 1534 obs.
► EELIST a defect, a flaw; a deformity → 1549 Sc. obs.
► FAULT a flaw, a crack; an unsound or damaged place → 1514 obs.
► FLAKE a flaw, blemish, fleck → c1400 obs.
► FLY IN THE OINTMENT a slight flaw that detracts from value, completeness, or enjoyment → 1828 colloq.
► SCAM a flaw, crack, injury → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► TASH a flaw, stain, spot, smudge, or blemish on any object; a spoiling or defacing, damage to clothes, flowers, or the like → 1808 Sc.
► WAIME a flaw, a tear → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WART a flaw; an imperfection → 20C sl.
PHRASES
► HE HAS A LEAK THAT WILL SEND HIM TO HELL said of a person with a fatal flaw → 1931 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
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