From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flaw \Flaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flawed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flawing.]
1. To crack; to make flaws in.
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The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed.
--Dryden.
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2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.]
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France hath flawed the league. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flaw \Flaw\ (fl[add]), 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.
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This heart
Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. --Shak.
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2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a
will, in a deed, or in a statute.
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Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?
--South.
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3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a
quarrel. [Obs.]
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And deluges of armies from the town
Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw. --Dryden.
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4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
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Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. --Milton.
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Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. --Tennyson.
Syn: Blemish; fault; imperfection; spot; speck.
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