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(1):

(n.) An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.

(2):

(n.) The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.

(3):

(n.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot.

(4):

(n.) An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke.

(5):

(n.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.

(6):

(v. t. & i.) To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards.

(7):

(n.) The European flounder. See Flounder.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fluke'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fluke.html. 1828.
 
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