Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. 2. (n.) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side. 3. (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet. 4. (n.) The side of any building. 5. (n.) That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line. 6. (v. t.) To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon. 7. (v. t.) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of. 8. (v. i.) To border; to touch. 9. (v. i.) To be posted on the side.

Multi-Version Concordance Flank (3 Occurrences) Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; And he shall be for a haven of ships; And his border shall be upon Sidon. (See JPS NAS) Ezekiel 25:9 therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, (See JPS NAS RSV NIV) Ezekiel 34:21 Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad; (See NIV)