flong

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /flɒŋ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /flɔŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /flɑŋ/
Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Etymology 1

From French flan.

Noun

flong (plural flongs)

(printing) A mould, especially one made from papier-mâché, used to create a stereotype.
- 1892, Charles Sumner Partridge, Stereotyping, the Papier Mache Process:
  A few sheets of paper are soaked in water and then pasted together to form a flong. This flong is beaten into a page of type and dried, thus forming a matrix to receive the molten metal, which, when cooled, becomes an exact duplicate of the type page.

Verb

flong

(obsolete) simple past of fling

References

“flong”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“flong”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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