aflat
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editaflat (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Level with the ground; lying flat.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “V. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- When you would have many new roots of fruit trees , take a low tree and bow it , and lay all its branches aflat upon the ground , and cast earth upon them
References
edit- “aflat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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editaflat (past participle of afla)
- past participle of afla