Obs. In 3 flaskien, vlasken. [See FLASH v.]
1. trans. To splash, sprinkle; = FLASH v. 2.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 314. Heo vlaskeð water þeron. Ibid. And ȝif dust of lihte þouhtes windeð up to swuðe, flaskie teares on ham.
2. To cause to wave or flutter, to flap.
1565. Golding, Ovids Met., II. 14.
The weather flaskt and whisked up her garmentes being slacke. | |
Ibid., VI. 886. | |
Boreas gan | |
To flaske his wings. With waving of the which he raysed than | |
So great a gale, that all the earth was blasted therewithall, | |
And troubled was the maine brode Sea. |