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flake Atlantic Provinces 
n. See 1883 quote.
See also: cod-flake drying stage fish-flake fishing stage (def. 2) stage ((n.)) (def. 2)
- 1620 There are also some, who arriuing first in Harbor, take away other mens Salt that they had left there the yeere before . . . and some teare downe Flakes, whereon men yeerely dry their fish, to their great hurt and hinderance of many other that come after them.
- 1771 (1792) We got one raft on shore there, and I fixed on the place for the stage, flakes, and the shoreman's house.
- 1883 The flake consists of a horizontal framework of small poles, covered with spruce-boughs, and supported by upright poles, the air having free access beneath. Here the cod are spread to bleach in the sun and air. . . .
- 1963 In L'Anse-A-Beaufils [Quebec] you will still see the cod drying on the flakes, instead of being fast-frozen and packed in fancy plastic bags.
- 1620 There are also some, who arriuing first in Harbor, take away other mens Salt that they had left there the yeere before . . . and some teare downe Flakes, whereon men yeerely dry their fish, to their great hurt and hinderance of many other that come after them.