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flown

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flown 1  (fln)
v.
Past participle of fly1.
flown 2  (fln)
adj. Archaic
Filled to excess.
[Obsolete past participle of flow.]
flown1
vb
the past participle of fly
flown2
adj
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) relating to coloured (usually blue) decoration on porcelain that, during firing, has melted into the surrounding glaze giving a halo-like effect
[probably from the obsolete past participle of flow]
Translations
flown fly


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Nothing farther then he uttered -- not a feather then he fluttered -- Till I scarcely more than muttered "Other friends have flown before -- On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
But the Raven, sitting lonely on that placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if its soul in that one word he did outpour Nothing farther then he uttered; not a feather then he fluttered-- Till I scarcely more than muttered: "Other friends have flown before-- On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.
The Raven by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
A hundred times hitherto hath spirit as well as virtue flown away and blundered.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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