(1):
(v. t.) To attack sideways.
(2):
(v. t.) To defend by lateral fortifications.
(3):
(n.) One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.
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