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Flong vs Flang - What's the difference?

flong | flang |

As nouns the difference between flong and flang

is that flong is a mould, especially one made from , used to create a stereotype while flang is a miner's double edged pick.

As a verb flong

is (obsolete) (fling).

flong

English

(wikipedia flong)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) flan.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mould, especially one made from , used to create a stereotype.
  • * 1892 : Stereotyping, the Papier Mache Process , Charles Sumner Partridge,
    • A few sheets of paper are soaked in water and then pasted together to form a flong'. This ' flong is beaten into a page of type and dried, thus forming a matrix to receive the molten metal, which, when cooled, becomes an exact duplicate of the type page.

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (fling)

    • flang

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A miner's double edged pick.
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