flatlong

English

Etymology

flat +‎ long

Alternative forms

  • flat-long

Adverb

flatlong (not comparable)

  1. With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
    • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 1
      ANTONIO. What a blow was there given!
      SEBASTIAN. An it had not fallen flat-long.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for flatlong in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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