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flinders
N เศษ ชิ้น สะ เก็ด ชิ้น
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FLINDERS
Flin "ders, n. pl. Etym: [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh. akin to E.flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.]
Defn: Small pieces or splinters; fragments. The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand flinders flew. Sir W. Scott.
New American Oxford Dictionary
flinders
flin ders |ˈflindərz ˈflɪndərz | ▶plural noun small fragments or splinters: the panel has been smashed to flinders. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flindra ‘chip, splinter. ’
Flinders, Matthew
Flin ders, Matthew |ˈflindərz ˈflɪndərz | (1774 –1814 ), English explorer. He circumnavigated Australia (1801 –03 ) for the Royal Navy and charted much of its west coast for the first time.
Flinders bar
Flin ders bar ▶noun a bar of soft iron placed vertically in or near the housing of a ship's compass to correct deviation caused by the local magnetic field of the ship. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: name after Captain M. Flinders, Matthew .
Flinders Island
Flin |ders Is ¦land the largest island in the Furneaux group, situated in the Bass Strait between Tasmania and mainland Australia.
Oxford Dictionary
flinders
flin |ders |ˈflɪndəz | ▶plural noun small fragments or splinters: the panel has been smashed to flinders. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flindra ‘chip, splinter ’.
Flinders, Matthew
Flin |ders |ˈflɪndəz | (1774 –1814 ), English explorer. He explored the coast of New South Wales (1795 –1800 ) and circumnavigated Australia (1801 –3 ) for the Royal Navy, charting much of the west coast of the continent for the first time.
Flinders bar
Flin |ders bar ▶noun a bar of soft iron placed vertically in or near the housing of a ship's compass to correct deviation caused by the local magnetic field of the ship. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: name after Captain Matthew Flinders, Matthew .
Flinders Island
Flin |ders Is ¦land the largest island in the Furneaux group, situated in the Bass Strait between Tasmania and mainland Australia.