Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 4–5 flacked, 4–6 flak(k)et(t(e, flag(g)et(te, (5 flagot), 5–7 flackett, (4 flackette), 6 Sc. flacat, 6– flacket. [a. ONF. *flaquet, flasquet, (= Central OF. flaschet, flachet), dim. of flasque (flache, flasche): see FLASK sb. and -ET.]

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  A flask, bottle, or vessel; now applied in dial. use to a barrel-shaped vessel for holding liquor.

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c. 1320.  Sir Beues, 1298.

        Bred & flesc out of his male
And of his flaketes win & ale.

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c. 1350.  Will. Palerne, 1893. Þe flagetes he let falle.

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), III. 171. A flakett ful of manis blood.

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1465.  Mann. & Househ. Exp., 490. My master payd fore a flaket of sylver, xx. s.

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1539.  Bible (Great), 1 Sam. xvi. 20. Isai toke an asse laden with breed, and a flacket of wyne.

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1673.  Depos. Cast. York (Surtees), 194. She gott a flackett of ale containing, as she thought, about three quarts.

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1753.  Maitland, Hist. Edin., I. iii. 37. Two Flackets of eight pounds weight.

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