Note 101 — Chapter IX
Reading edition
We have a parallel in Fr. flan, Eng. flawn, Ger. Fladen, etc., a kind of omelet, ultimately related to Eng. flat—
"The feast was over, the board was clear'd, The flawns and the custards had all disappear'd." (Ingoldsby, Jackdaw of Rheims.)
Cotgrave has flans, "flawnes, custards, eggepies; also, round planchets, or plates of metall."