a. [f. FLAW sb.1 and 2 + -Y1.]
1. Full of flaws or defects.
1712. W. Derham, in Phil. Trans., XXVII. 479. By drying, those Trees are become cracked, and very flawy within, but look sound outwardly.
1755. in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts.
2. Coming in gusts; gusty.
1828. in Webster.
1881. C. H. Farnham, Ice-yachting on the Hudson, in Scribner’s Monthly, XXII. Aug., 532/2. Pushing the yacht is the most prosaic experience. But it is often required in light, flawy wind and on a snowy surface where the friction is great, to prevent her from stopping and her runners from settling in the ice.
