flan v Cp OED ~ v dial a. 'of a vessel, etc.: to expand towards the top'; EDD ~ 3 'to widen upwards.' Of a boat or vessel, to curve at the bow in a fine flare.
   1985 NEWHOOK 9 [The trap skiffs] had good, strong, straight keels, raking out of the water up to the stemhead. The bows 'flanned' up and out from the water in a graceful curve.

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