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flone

flone noun: an arrow.

Noun

flone (plural flones)

  1. (UK, dialectal) An arrow.

Forms of flone

pluralflones
alternative formflane
alternative formflain

Origin of flone

From Middle English flon, flone, flan, from Old English flān (“barb, arrow, javelin, dart”), from Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“fork-point, prong, hook, spear-tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plei- (“to divide, split, splice”). Cognate with Icelandic fleinn (“thorn, arrow, dart, pike, fluke”).

Questions about flone

What does flone mean?
Flone means an arrow.
What part of speech is flone?
Flone is a noun.
What is the plural of flone?
The plural of flone is flones.

Words near flone in the dictionary

  1. flokite
  2. Flomaton
  3. flome
  4. flomes
  5. flomoxef
  6. flone
  7. flones
  8. flong
  9. flongs
  10. flonker
  11. flonkers

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