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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flank \Flank\ (fl[a^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flanked}
(fl[a^][ng]kt); p. pr & vb n. {Flanking}.] [Cf. F.
flanquer See {Flank}, n., and cf {Flanker}, v. t.]
1. To stand at the flank or side of to border upon
Stately colonnades are flanked with trees. --Pitt.
2. To overlook or command the flank of to secure or guard
the flank of to pass around or turn the flank of to
attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of
more about flanked
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