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)

1. (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.

Etymology 2

Verb

flong

1. (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.