flaker (flaker)

One who flakes, or strikes off flakes; specifically, a workman who strikes off flakes of flint from a larger piece. An expert flaker will make 7000 to 10,000 flakes in a day of twelve hours. Encyc . Brit ., IX. 326. flake-room (flāk'röm), n. Same as flake - yard . flake-stand (flāk's tand), n. The cooling-tub In painting: (a) or -ve el of a still-worm. E. H. Knight. flake-white (flak'hwit'), n. The purest white lead, in the form of scales or plates. It has the best body of any white. When levigated, it is called body white. (b) Basic nitrate of bismuth, or pearl-white. flake-yard (flāk'yärd), n. An inclosure in which flakes for drying salted fish are built, and in which fish are dried. Also flake - room. flakine (flā'ki-nes), n. The state of being flaky.