A breach; a crack; a defect made by breaking or splitting; a gap or fissure; as a flaw in a scythe, knife or razor; a flaw in a china dish, or in a glass; a flaw in a wall.

A defect; a fault; any defect made by violence, or occasioned by neglect; as a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, or in a deed, orina statute.

A sudden burst of wind; a sudden gust or blast of short duration; a word of common use among seamen.

A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar. And deluges of armies from the town . Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw.

A sudden commotion of mind.

To break; to crack. The brazen cauldrons with the frosts are flawed.

To break; to violate; as, to flaw a league.