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flukes
The two parts which constitute the large triangular tail of the whale; from the power of these the phrase obtained among whalers of fluking or all-a-fluking, when running with a fresh free wind. Flukes, or palms, are also the broad triangular plates of iron on each arm of the anchor, inside the bills or extreme points, which having entered the ground, hold the ship. Seamen, by custom, drop the k, and pronounce the word flue.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of flukes in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of flukes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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This is the race to watch. It has all the ingredients of an Olympic final. Rudisha will want to put the young man (Rotich) in his place and prove that he is the best, while the young man want to prove that his feats in Shanghai and Stockholm were not flukes.
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