a. Obs. rare–1. [f. FLECT v. + -IBLE.] Capable of being bent.
1705. C. Purshall, Mech. Macrocosm, 227. There are indeed some Perspicuous Bodies that are neither Fluid nor Brittle; as the Hypothesis seems to intimate they should be, but are Flectible and Yielding, as Horn, Isinglass, &c.
