FLUKE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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

2.
n.

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

3.
n.

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

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. [Cant, Eng.] A. Trollope.


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