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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_121978" /> == | |||
<p> כֶּסֶל, kesel, the loin of an animal (Job 14:27, where fatness is noted as a sign of self-pampering); elsewhere in the plur. for the internal muscles of the loins near the kidneys, to which the fat adheres, Gr. ψόαι ( Leviticus 3:4; Leviticus 3:10; Leviticus 3:15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4); hence the viscera in general, umetaphorically for the inmost feelings C" loins," Psalms 38:8). (See [[Reins]]). </p> | <p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) The side of any building. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (n.) The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef. </p> <p> (4): </p> <p> (n.) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side. </p> <p> (5): </p> <p> (n.) That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line. </p> <p> (6): </p> <p> (v. i.) To border; to touch. </p> <p> (7): </p> <p> (v. t.) To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon. </p> <p> (8): </p> <p> (v. t.) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of. </p> <p> (9): </p> <p> (v. i.) To be posted on the side. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40137" /> == | |||
<p> כֶּסֶל, kesel, the loin of an animal (Job 14:27, where fatness is noted as a sign of self-pampering); elsewhere in the plur. for the internal muscles of the loins near the kidneys, to which the fat adheres, Gr. ψόαι (Leviticus 3:4; Leviticus 3:10; Leviticus 3:15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4); hence the viscera in general, umetaphorically for the inmost feelings C" loins," Psalms 38:8). (See [[Reins]]). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_121978"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/flank Flank from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_40137"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/flank Flank from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_40137"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/flank Flank from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet.
(2):
(n.) The side of any building.
(3):
(n.) The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
(4):
(n.) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side.
(5):
(n.) That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
(6):
(v. i.) To border; to touch.
(7):
(v. t.) To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.
(8):
(v. t.) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.
(9):
(v. i.) To be posted on the side.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
כֶּסֶל, kesel, the loin of an animal (Job 14:27, where fatness is noted as a sign of self-pampering); elsewhere in the plur. for the internal muscles of the loins near the kidneys, to which the fat adheres, Gr. ψόαι (Leviticus 3:4; Leviticus 3:10; Leviticus 3:15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4); hence the viscera in general, umetaphorically for the inmost feelings C" loins," Psalms 38:8). (See Reins).
