Flaw — Defs

01 n. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.

1.
A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.
“This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws.” — Shak.
2.
A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.
“Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?” — South.
3.
A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.[Obs.]
“And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw.” — Dryden.
4.
A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
“Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw.” — Milton.

“Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn.” — Tennyson.

Syn. Blemish; fault; imperfection; spot; speck.

02 v. t. To crack; to make flaws in.

imp. & p. p. Flawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flawing

1.
To crack; to make flaws in.
“The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed.” — Dryden.
2.
To break; to violate; to make of no effect.[Obs.]
“France hath flawed the league.” — Shak.