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Flod⋅den

[flod-n]
–noun
a hill in NE England, in Northumberland county: the invading Scots were disastrously defeated here by the English, 1513.
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Flod·den   (flŏd'n)   
A hill of northern England near the Scottish border. It was the site of the Battle of Flodden Field (September 9, 1513) in which the English defeated the Scots under James IV, who was killed in the massive slaughter.
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