flaw sb.1 (1 by some referred to FLAW sb.2)
1.
flake of snow 2H4 IV. iv. 35*
“as sudden As f-s congealed in
the spring of day.”
2.
fragment Lr. II. iv. 288*
“this heart Shall break into a
hundred thousand flaws.”
3.
crack, fissure (fig.)
Ant. III. x. [xii.] 34 “Observe how Antony becomes his flaw.”
4.
defect, blemish LLL. V. ii. 416*
“sound, sans crack or
flaw.”
