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FLEMISH

Volume 8 · 87 words · 1815 Edition

or the Flemish tongue, is that which we otherwise call Low Dutch, to distinguish it from the German, whereof it is a corruption and a kind of dialect. See GERMAN.

It differs from the Walloon, which is a corruption of the French language. The Flemish is used through all the provinces of the Netherlands.

Flemish Bricks, a neat, strong, yellow kind of bricks, brought from Flanders, and commonly used in paving yards, stables, &c., being preferable for such purposes to the common bricks. See the article BRICKS.