FLACCIDLY

Flaccidly (flak'sid-li), adv. In a flaccid

manner.

Flaccidness, Flaccidity (flak'sid-nes, flaksid'i-ti), n. The state of being flaccid; laxity; limberness; want of firmness or stiffness. Flacker (flak'èr), v. i. [Akin to flicker, flutter, G. flackeren, to flutter.] To flutter, as a bird. [Local.]

Flacket (flak'et), n. [From O.Fr. flasquet, a little flask, dim. of flasque, a flask.] A bottle in the form of a barrel.

And Isai toke an asse laden with breade, and a flacket of wine, and a kydde, and sent them by David his sonne unto Saule. Breeches Bible, 1 Sam. xvi. 20. Flacourtiaceae (fla-kōrt'i-a"se-e), n. pl. [After the French botanist Étienne Flacourt. ] A small nat. order of equatorial shrubs or small trees. One species, Flacourtia Ramontchi, is the Madagascar plum. Flaff (flaf), v.i. [Comp. fluff, and also flap.] To flutter. A thousand flaffing flags. Sylvester, Du Bartas. [Obsolete and Scotch.] An' if the wives an' dirty brats

E'en thigger at your doors an' yetts,
Flaffin wi' duds.

Burns.

Flag (flag), v.i. pret. & pp. flagged; ppr. flagging. [Connected with Icel. flaka, to droop, to hang loosely, G. flacken, to become slow or languid, O. D. flaggeren, to be loose. The original form in English was flack, and

there are other connected E. forms such as

flacker, flicker.] 1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down as flexible bodies; to be loose and yielding. With their drowsy, slow, and flagging wings.' Shak.

The slack sail

As loose it flagged around the mast.

Moore.

3. To grow stale or vapid; to lose interest or relish.

The pleasures of the town begin to flag. Swift. SYN. To droop, decline, fail, languish, pine, sink, succumb.

Flag (flag), v. t. 1. To let fall so as to hang loose; to suffer to droop; as, to flag the wings. 2. To make feeble; to enervate; to exhaust.

Nothing so flags the spirits... as intense studies. Echard.

Flag (flag), n. [Connected with Sw. flaga, a crack or flaw, flaga sig, to scale off, Icel. flaga, to cut turfs, probably allied to G. flach, flat, L.G. flage, a flat marshy place, and Gr. plax, a tablet.] A flat stone used for paving.

Flag (flag), v. t. pret. & pp. flagged; ppr. flagging. To lay with flags or flat stones.

The sides and floor were all flagged with excellent marble. Sandys. Flag (flag), n. [Connected with flag, n. above, from the large blades or leaves. In most European languages the name of this plant is taken from a sword.] A popular name for many endogenous plants with swordshaped leaves, mostly growing in moist situations; but sometimes particularly appropriated to Iris pseud-acorus, nat. order Iridacea; also termed Flower de lis or Flower de luce. (See IRIS.) It has swordshaped leaves and yellow flowers, grows in marshy places, and by the sides of streams and lakes. The stout creeping rootstock has been recommended for alleviating the toothache, and is used for dyeing black in the Hebrides. The leaves make excellent thatch, and are also employed for making bottoms to chairs.

Flag (flag), n. [Not found in A. Sax. Comp. G. flagge, a naval banner; D. vlag, Icel flagg, Sw. flagg, flagga, Dan. flag, banner. It is no doubt connected with such words as G. fliegen, A. Sax fleôgan, to fly, to float in the air; also flag, to hang loose.] An ensign or colours; a cloth on which certain figures are usually painted or wrought, borne on a staff, and usually employed to distinguish one company, party, or nationality from another; a standard on which are certain emblems expressive of nationality, party, or opinion. In the army a flag is a banner by which one regiment is distinguished from another. In the navy, flags borne on the masts of vessels not only designate the country to which they belong, but they are made to denote the quality of the officer by whom a ship is commanded. Thus in the British navy, an admiral's flag is displayed at the maintop-gallant-mast-head; a vice-admiral's at the foretop-gallant-masthead, and a rear-admiral's at the mizzen-topgallant-mast-head. In the navy the supreme

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flag of Great Britain is the royal standard, which is only to be hoisted when the soVereign or one of the royal family is on board the vessel; the second flag is that of the anchor on a red ground, which characterizes the lord high-admiral, or lords-commissioners of the admiralty; and the third is the union flag, in which the crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick are blended. This flag is appropriated to the admiral of the fleet. (See ADMIRAL.) There are also small flags used in the navy for signals or telegraphs.Black flag, a flag of a black colour displayed on a piratical vessel as a sign that no mercy will be shown to the vanquished.-Red flag, a flag of a red colour displayed as a token of defiance to battle.-White flag, a flag of truce.-Flag of truce, a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, and in the meantime as a notification that the fighting shall cease.-To strike or lower the flag, to pull it down upon the cap in token of respect or submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender.-To hang out the white flag, to ask quarter, or in some cases to manifest a friendly design.-To hang the fay half mast high, to raise a flag half way to the top of the mast or staff, as a token or signal of mourning.

Flag-bearer (flag'bar-ér), n. One who bears a flag; a standard-bearer. Flagelet (fla'jel-et), n. Same as Flageolet. Flagella, n. pl. See FLAGELLUM. Flagellant (fla'jel-lant), n. [L. flagellans, ppr. of flagello, to flog. See FLAGELLATE.]

Flagellant, from Amman's Habitus Rom. Ecclesiæ.

One who whips himself in religious discipline; specifically, one of a fanatical sect founded in Italy A.D. 1260, who maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament. They walked in procession with shoulders bare, and whipped themselves till the blood ran down their bodies, to obtain the mercy of God and appease his wrath against the vices of the age.

Flagellate (fla'jel-lat), v.t. [L. flagello, flagellatum, to beat or whip, from flagellum, a whip, scourge, dim. of flagrum, a whip, a Scourge.] To whip; to scourge. Flagellate (fla'jel-lät), a. In nat. hist. furnished with flagella, or long, narrow, lash-like appendages, as certain infusoria. Flagellation (fla-jel-la'shon), n. A beating or whipping; a flogging; the discipline of the scourge.

Flagellator (fla' jel-lät-ér), n. One who whips or scourges.

Flagelliform (fla-jel'li-form), a. [L. flagelli formis, from flagellum, a whip, and forma, form.] In bot. and zool. long, narrow, and flexible, like the thong of a whip. Flagellum (fla-jel'lum), n. pl. Flagella (flajella). [L., a whip.] 1. In bot a runner;

a

Strawberry Plant (Fragaria vesca). a, Flagellum. a weak, creeping branch sent out from the bottom of the stem, and giving off at its extremity leaves and roots-2. In zool. the

FLAGRANTLY

lash-like appendage exhibited by many infusoria, which are therefore said to be flagellate; an appendage to the legs of some crustacea, having some resemblance to a whip.

Flageolet (fla'jel-et), n. [Fr. flageolet, dim. of O. Fr. flajol, Pr. flaujol, flautol, which are dims. of L. L. flauta, flautus, flute. See FLUTE.] A small wind instrument of music, played on by means of a mouth-piece inserted in a bulb. The tone produced is similar to that of the piccolo, but is softer in quality, and the range is two octaves. The double flageolet consists of two instruments united by one mouth-piece, and producing double notes.-Flageolet tones, in music, the name given to those harmonic tones on the violin, violoncello, and other stringed instruments, produced by the finger lightly touching the string on the exact part which generates the harmony, and not by pressing the string down to the finger-board. Flag-feather (Hag'feTH-ér), n. A feather of a bird's wing next to the body. Flagginess (flag'i-nes), n. Quality of being flaggy; laxity; limberness; want of tension. Flagging (flag'ing), n. 1. The act of laying with flagstones. -2. Flagstones, collectively; a pavement or side walk of flagstones. Flaggingly (flag'ing-li), adv. In a flagging manner; wearily.

Flaggy (flag'i), a. [Akin to flag, to hang loose.] 1. Weak; flexible; limber; not stiff.

His flaggy winges, when forth he did display,
Were like two sayles.

Spenser 2. Weak in taste; insipid; as, a flaggy apple. Flaggy (flag'i), a. Abounding in or resembling the plants called flags. Flagitious (fla-ji'shus), a. [L. flagitiosus, from flagitium, burning desire, heat of passion, from flagito, to demand hotly, fiercely, or violently, from the root flag, whence flagro, to burn.] 1. Deeply criminal; grossly wicked; villanous; atrocious; scandalous; heinous; flagrant; as, a flagitious action or crime.-2. Guilty of enormous crimes; profligate; corrupt; abandoned; wicked; as, a flagitious person. Pope.-3. Marked or characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times.

Flagitiously (fla-ji'shus-li), adv. With extreme wickedness; atrociously; grossly. 'A sentence so flagitiously unjust." Macaulay.

Flagitiousness (fla-ji 'shus-nes), n. The condition or quality of being flagitious; ex treme wickedness; villany.

Flag-lieutenant (flag'lef-ten-ant), n. Naut. the immediate attendant on an admiral, who performs such duties for him as an aide-de-camp performs for a general in the army, communicating his orders to the ships under his command either personally or by signal.

Flagman (flag'man), n. One who makes signals with flags.

Flag-officer (flag of-fis-ér), n. A general distinguishing title for an admiral, vice-admiral, and rear-admiral; the commander of a squadron.

Flagon (flag'on), n. [Fr. flacon, flascon, from O. Fr. flasche, a great leathern bottle. See FLASK.] A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. 'A trencher of mutton chops and a flagon of ale.' Macaulay.

Flagrance + (fla'grans), n. Flagrancy.

They bring to him a woman taken in the flagrance of her adultery. Bp. Hall.

Flagrancy (fla'gran-si), n. [See FLAGRANT] 1. The quality of being flagrant; heinousness; enormity.-2. A burning; great heat; inflammation.

Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. Bacon. Flagrant (fa'grant), a. [L. flagrans, flagrantis, ppr. of flagro, to burn.] 1. Burning: blazing; hence, ardent; eager. Flagrant desires.' Hooker.

Entering an inn, he took his humble seat With other travellers round the crackling hearth, Where heath and cistus gave their flagrant flame.

FLAGRATE

Flagrate (flá'gråt), e.t.

[L. flagro, flagratum See FLAGRANT] To burn. Flagration (fla-gra'shon), n. A conflagra

tion.

Flag-share (flag'shar), n. Naut. the admiral's share (one-eighth) in all captures made by any vessels within the limits of his command, even if under the orders of another admiral.

Flagship (flag'ship), n. The ship which bears the flag-officer and on which his flag is displayed.

Flagside (flag'sid), n. That side of a split haddock which is free from bone. [Scotch] Flagstaff (flag'staf), n. A pole or staff on which a flag is displayed.

Flagstone (flag'ston), n. 1. Any fissile sandstone which splits up into flags.-2. A flat stone used in paving

Flagworm (flag'werm), n. A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

Flaie, pret of fly Flew. Chaucer. Flail (flat), n. [O Fr. flael, flaiel, flaial, from L. flagellum, a whip or scourge, whence also D. vlegel, G flegel] 1. An instrument for thrashing or beating grain from the ear, consisting of the hand-staff, which is held in the hand; the swiple, which strikes the corn, and the middle band, which connects the handstaff and swiple, and which may be a thong of leather, a hempen rope, or a rope of straw. 2. An ancient military weapon resembling the common flail, but having the striking part strengthened with a coating of iron and armed with rows of spikes. Flaily (flál'i), a. Acting like flails. Ficars. Flaine, pp. of flay. Flayed. Chaucer.

Flair (flar), v.i. Same as Flare.

Flaire (lar), n.

See FIRE-FLAIRE.

Flake (flak), n. [Allied to Icel. flakna, to flake off, flyka, a flake, a rag; E. flag, a stone for paving, and flaw; Sw. flaga, à flake, a crack or flaw.] 1. A loose filmy or scale-like mass of anything; a small flat particle of any matter loosely held together; a flock; a layer; a scale; as, a flake of flesh or tallow; a lake of snow. Little flakes of scurf. Addison. 'Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat.' Evelyn. Flakes of foam. Tennyson.-2. A collection or little particle of fire, or of combustible matter on fire, separated and flying off.

And from this wide devouring oven sent
A flake of fire.

Spenser.

3. A sort of carnations of two colours only, having large stripes going through the leaves.

Flake (flāk), n. [Icel fleki, a flake or hurdle, forkja, to twist or entangle, G. flechten, to twist or plait.] 1. In Scotland, a hurdle or portable framework of boards or bars for fencing. 2. Naut. a small stage hung over a ship's side, to calk or repair any breach.3. In Massachusetts, a platform or stage of hurdles or small sticks interwoven together, and supported by stanchions for drying codfish, &c.

Flake (flak), v. t. pret. & pp. flaked; ppr. flaking. To form into flakes.

Flake (flak), v.i. To break or separate in layers; to peel or scale off.

Flake-white (fläk'whit), n. In painting, (a) the purest white-lead, in the form of scales or plates, sometimes gray on the surface. When levigated, it is called 'body-white.' (b) Basic nitrate of bismuth, or pearl-white. Flakiness (flak'i-nes), n. The state of being flaky.

Flaky (flik'i), a. Consisting of flakes or locks; consisting of small loose masses; consisting of layers, or cleaving off in layers; lying in flakes or layers; flake-like.

Diamonds themselves have a grain or a flaky con-
Boyle.

texture.

Flam (flam), n. [Probably connected with G. flimmen, to gleam, flammern, flammern, to glitter. See FLIM-FLAM] A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.

Lies immortalized and consigned over as a perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. South. Flam (flam), v.t. pret. & pp. flammed; ppr. Aamming. To deceive with falsehood; to impose upon; to delude. 'God is not to be flammed off with lies.' South. Flamant (flam'ant), a. [Fr. flambant, flaming, blazing.] In her flaming; burning, as a firebrand, flambeau, &c. Flamb, Flame (flam, flam), v.t. To baste, as meat. [Scotch]

Undauntedly brandishing the iron ladle, with which she had just been flamsing (Anglicé basting) the roast of mutton. Sir W. Scott.

287 Flambe,t n. [0. Fr.] A flame; a flambeau. Chaucer.

Flambeau (flam'bo), n. [Fr., from L. flamma, a blazing fire, a blaze.] A flaming torch; a light made of thick wicks covered with wax or other inflammable material, and used in the streets at night at illuminations and in processions.

Flamboyant (flam-boi'ant), a. [Fr., flaming.] A term applied to that style of Gothic architecture in France which was contemporary with the Perpendicular style in Britain. Its

Flamboyant Window, Church of St. Ouen, Rouen.

chief characteristic is a wavy flame-like tracery in the windows; whence the name. Flame (flam), n. [Fr. flamme, L. flamma, flagma, from the root flag, whence flagro, to burn, to blaze; the root is seen also in Gr. phlego, to burn.] 1. A blaze; burning vapour; vapour in combustion; or according to modern chemistry, hydrogen or any inflammable gas in a state of visible combustion. Flame is attended with great heat, and sometimes with the evolution of much light; but the temperature may be intense when the light is feeble, as is the case with the flame of burning hydrogen gas. The flame of a candle may be divided into three zones: an inner zone containing chiefly unburned gas, another zone containing partially burned gas, and an outer zone where the gas is completely consumed by combination with the oxygen of the air. The luminosity of flame depends upon the presence of solid matter or of dense gaseous products of combustion. 2. Fire in general.

Jove Prometheus' theft allow: The flames he once stole from thee, grant him now. Cowley.

3. Heat of passion; tumult; combustion; blaze; violent contention; passionate excitement or strife; as, one jealous tattling mischief-maker will set a whole village in a flame; the flames of war.

While the West was thus rising to confront the king, the North was all in a flame behind him. Macaulay.

4. Ardour of temper or imagination; brightness of fancy; vigour of thought. Great are their faults, and glorious is their flame. Waller.

5. Ardour of inclination; warmth of affec-
tion; the passion of love; ardent love.
Smit with the love of kindred arts we came,
And met congenial, mingling flame with flame.
Pope.

Drink ye to her that each loves best,
And if you nurse a flame
That's told but to her mutual breast,
We will not ask her name.

Campbell.

6. One beloved; as, she was my first flame. [Colloq.]

Flame (flam), v.t. To inflame; to excite.

Flam'd with zeal of vengeance.' Spenser. Flame (flam), v.i. pret. & pp. flamed; ppr. flaming. 1. To blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion.-2. To shine like burning gas or any other luminous body. 'In flaming yellow bright.' Prior.

The crown
And both the wings are made of gold, and flame
At sunrise, till the people in far fields
Behold it.
Tennyson.

3. To break out in violence of passion.
Lascivious fires, should such flame in you
As I must ne'er believe.
Beau. & FI.

FLANCH

Flame-bearer (flâm'bár-ér), n. 1. One who bears flame or light. 2. The name given to the members of a genus of humming-birds, from their being furnished with a tuft of fiery crimson-coloured feathers round the neck like a gorget. The little flame-bearer (Selasphorus scintilla) inhabits the inner side of the extinct volcano Chiriqui, in Veragua, about 9000 feet above the level of the sea. It measures only 24 inches in length. There are various other species, all tropical American.

Flame-colour (flám'kul-ér), n. Bright colour, as that of flame.

Flame-coloured (flam'kul-érd), a. Of the colour of flame; of a bright yellow colour. 'Flame-coloured stockings. Shak Flame-eyed (flam'id), a. Having eyes like a flame; having bright-shining eyes. Flameless (flam'les), a. Destitute of flame. Flamelet (flam'let), n. A little flame. The flamelets flapped and flickered.' Longfellow. Flamen (fla'men), n. [L., said to have been so called from the fillet, filum, which was worn around the head, though Pott is inclined to connect the name with flamma, flame.] In Rom. antiq. the name given to any priest devoted to the service of one particular deity. Originally there were three priests so called: the Flamen Dialis, consecrated to Jupiter; Flamen Martialis, sacred to Mars; and Flamen Quirinalis, who superintended the rites of Quirinus or Romulus; but the number was ultimately increased to fifteen, the original three, however, retaining priority in point of rank, being styled Majores, and elected from among the patricians, while the other twelve, called Minores, were elected from the plebeians. Flamineous (fla-min'e-us), a. Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.

Flaming (flam'ing), a. 1. Of a bright, gaudy colour, as bright red or bright yellow. 2. Tending to excite; violent; vehement; as, a flaming harangue. Flamingly (flam'ing-li), adv. Most brightly; with great show or vehemence. Flamingo (fla-ming'go), n. [Sp. and Pg. fla menco, from L. flamma, flame, from its red colour.] A bird of the genus Phoenicopterus, formerly placed in the order Grallatores, but now generally ranked among the Natatores or Palmipedes, and constituting a family Phoenicopteridæ, allied to the Anatida. Its body is smaller than that of the stork, but owing to the great length of the neck and legs it stands from 5 to 6 feet high. The beak is naked, lamellate at the edges, and bent as if broken; the feet are palmated and four-toed. The common flamingo (P. ruber) occurs abundantly in various parts of Southern Europe. This bird resembles the heron in shape, but is entirely scarlet, except the quill-feathers, which are jet black. The tongue is fleshy, and one of the extravagances of the Romans during the later period of the empire was to have dishes composed solely of flamingoes' tongues. Flaminical (fla-min'ik-al), a. Pertaining to a Roman flamen. Superstitious copes and flaminical vestures.' Milton. Flammability (flam'a-bil''i-ti), n. The quality of being flammable; inflammability. Flammable (flam'a-bl), a. Capable of being kindled into flame.

Flammation (flam-à'shon), n. The act of setting on flame. Flammeoust (flam'ē-us), a. Pertaining to or consisting of flame; like flame.

This flammeous light is not over all the body. Sir T. Browne. Flammiferous (flam-if'èr-us), a. [L. flamma, flame, and fero, to bring.] Producing flame. Flammivomous (flam-iv'om-us), a. [L. flamma, flame, and romo, to vomit.] Vomiting flames, as a volcano.

Flamy (flám'i), a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or like flame. Flamy breaths.' Sir P. Sidney. Flamy matter." Bacon.

A flamy redness will overspread the heavens.
Sir T. Herbert.

Flan (flan), n. [Scotch.] 1. A sudden gust of wind from the land; a flaw. 2. Smoke driven down the chimney by gusts of wind. Flan (flan), v.t. In arch, to splay or bevel internally, as a window-jamb. Flanch (flanch), n. [Prov. E. flanch, a projection. See FLANK.] 1. A flange (which see).-2. In her, an ordinary formed on each side of the shield by the segment of

Flanches.

FLANCH

a circular superficies, drawn from the corner of the chief to the base point. In this sense written also Flanque. Flanch (flanch), v.i. To flange (which see). Flanconade, Flanconnade (flang-kon-ad), n. [Fr.] In fencing, a thrust in the flank or side.

Flanders-brick (flan'dėrz-brik), n. A soft brick used for cleaning knives. Flaneur (fla-nér), n. [Fr., from flaner, to saunter about.] A lounger; a gossiper. Flang (flang). Old English and Scotch pret. of the verb fling.

Flang (flang), n. In mining, a two-pointed pick.

Flange (flanj), n. [A form of flank (which see).] A projecting edge, rim, or rib on any object, as the rims by which castiron pipes are connected together, or the projecting pieces on the tires of the wheels of railway-carriages to keep them on the rails.-Port-flange, in ship-building, a piece of timber fastened over a port to prevent water or dirt from entering the port when it is open.

Flange (flanj), v. t. pret. & pp. flanged; ppr. flanging. To furnish with a flange; to make a flange on.

Flange (flanj), v.i. To be bent into a flange; to take the form of a flange.

Flange-joint (flanj'joint), n. A joint in pipes, &c., made by two flanges bolted together.

Flange-rail (flanj'rāl), n. A rail furnished with a flange on one side to prevent the wheels of the locomotives running off the line.

Flank (flangk), n. [Fr. and Pr. flanc, It. fianco, the flank, derived by some from L. flaccus, flabby, with n inserted, being so named from the absence of bone. Comp. G. die Weiche, the flank, from weich, soft. The Teut. forms,

G. flanke, Sw. and Dan. flank, are from the Romance, but in Grimm's dictionary it is maintained that the word was originally German (O.H.G. lancha, M. H. G. lanke), and that it passed into the Romance tongues and thence back again to the Teutonic.] 1. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. 2. Milit. the side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack them on the side.

When to right and left the front Divided, and to either flank retired. Milton. 3. In fort. that part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face; or any part of a work that defends another work by a fire along the outside of its parapet. See cut under BASTION.-4. In arch. the side of any building.--5. The straight part of the tooth of a wheel which receives the impulse. 6. pl. In farriery, a wrench or any other injury in the back of a horse.

Flank (flangk), v.t. [Fr. flanquer, Sp. flan quear, to flank, to attack or defend the Hank. 1. To border; to stand or be at the flank or side of; as, flanked with rocks.

Stately colonnades are flanked with trees. Pitt. 2. Milit. to attack the side or flank of; to place troops so as to command or attack the flank of; to post so as to overlook or command the flank of; to pass round or turn the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of.

We cannot talk in rank and file, and flank and rear our discourses with military allusions. Dr. John Scott. Flank (flangk), v.i. 1. To border; to touch. That side, which flanks on the sea and haven, needs no art to fortify it. Butler.

2. To be posted on the side. Flankard (flangk'ard), n. Among sportsmen, one of the knobs or nuts in the flanks of a deer. Flank-company (flangk'kum-pa-ni), n. The extreme right or left company of a battalion. Flank-defence (flangk'de-fens), n. Milit. a line of fire parallel, or nearly so, to the front of another work or position. Flanker (flangk'èr), n. One who or that which flanks, as a skirmisher or body of troops employed on the flank of an army to reconnoître or guard a line of march, or a fortification projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.

They threw out flankers, and endeavoured to dislodge their assailants. W. Irving. Flanker (flangk ́ér), v.t. 1. To defend by flankers or lateral fortifications.

The city is compassed with a thick wall flankered, and moated about. Sir T. Herbert.

2. To attack sideways.

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Flanker + (flangk'er), v.i. To come on sideways.

Where sharp winds do rather flanker than blow fully opposite upon our plantations, they thrive best. Evelyn. Flank-file (flangk'fil), n. Milit. one of the

first file on the right and the last on the left of a battalion, division, &c. Flannel (flan'nel), n. [O. E. and Sc. flannen; W. gwlanen, from gulan, wool. Flannel was originally a Welsh manufacture.] 1. A soft nappy woollen cloth of loose texture.2. Old cant term for hot gin and beer seasoned with nutmeg, sugar, &c. Flannelled (flan'neld), a. Covered with or Flannen (flan'en), n. wrapped in flannel. and Scotch.] Flannen (flan'en), a. solete and Scotch.]

Flannel. [Obsolete Made of flannel. [Ob

In flannen robes the coughing ghost does walk. Dryden. Flanning (flan'ing), n. In arch, the internal splay or bevel of a window-jamb. Flanque (flank), n. In her. see FLANCH, 2. Flant (flant), v.i. Same as Flaunt. Flap (flap), n. [Probably onomatopoetic, being imitative of a blow with a pliant flat surface. Comp. flabby.] 1. Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose or is attached by one end or side and easily moved; as, the flap of a garment; the flap of the ear; the flap of a hat. Embroidered waistcoats with large flaps.' Dickens.

A cartilaginous flap on the opening of the larynx. Sir T. Browne.

2. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke with it.--3. pl. A disease in the lips of horses, in which they become blistered and swell on both sides.-Flap of a window-shutter, a leaf attached to a shutter to increase its size when it is not sufficiently broad to exclude the light. Flap (flap), v. t. pret. & pp. flapped; ppr. flapping. 1. To beat with or as with a flap.

Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. Pope. 2. To move, as something broad or flap-like. 'The raven flapped his wing.' Tickell.-3. To let fall the flap of, as a hat. Flap (flap), v. i. 1. To move as wings, or as something broad or loose. 'The slackened

sail flaps.' Tennyson. -2. To fall like a flap, as the brim of a hat or other broad thing; to have the flap fall.

He had an old black hat on that flapped. State Trials. Flapdragon (flap'dra-gon), n. 1. A play in which the players snatch raisins out of burning brandy, and, extinguishing them by closing the mouth, eat them.-2. The thing eaten in playing flapdragon.

He... drinks candles' ends for flapdragons. Shak. Flapdragon (flap'dra-gon), v.t. To swallow at one gulp; to devour.

Having

To make an end of the ship, to see how the sea flapdragoned it. Shak. Flap-eared (flap'erd), a. Having broad loose ears. 'A... beetle-headed, flap-eared knave.' Shak Flapjack (flap'jak), n. A sort of broad flat pancake; a fried cake; an apple-puff. Flap-mouthed (flap'mouTнd), a. loose hanging lips. Flapper (flap'er), n. One who or that which flaps; in the following extract, one who endeavours to make another remember-in allusion to the flappers mentioned in Gulliver's visit to Laputa, who were employed by the dreamy philosophers of that island to flap them on the mouth and ears with an inflated bladder when their thoughts were to be diverted from their speculations to worldly affairs.

I write to you, by way of flapper, to put you in mind of yourself. Lord Chesterfield.

Flapper-skate (flap'er-skat), n.

A name

incline or hang over from a perpendicular 4. To open or spread outward.-5. Naut. to line, as the sides of a ship.-To flare up, to become suddenly angry or excited; to fly into a passion.

Flare (lar), v. t. To cause to burn with a flaring flame; hence, to display glaringly; to exhibit in an ostentatious manner. [Rare.] One mortal, one nation or generation of mortals, may flare a flambeau, and another twink le a taper. Sir IV. Hamilton, Flare (flår), n. An unsteady broad offensive light.

Flare (flar), n. A flake or leaf of lard. [Provincial.]

Flare-up (flar'up), n. A sudden quarrel or angry argument; as, we had a regular flareup. [Vulgar and colloq.]

Flaringly (flaring-li), adv. Flutteringly; showily.

Flash (flash), n. [Origin and connections doubtful. May be an onomatopoetic word, and expressive of a sudden outburst of anything, especially of flame. See also, as regards derivation in sense 8, extract under FLASH, a.] 1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a gleam; as, a flash of sunlight. 'Lightning flash.' Shak.

What strikes the crown of tyrants down, And answers with its flash their frown? The sword. M. F. Barry. 2. A sudden burst of something regarded as resembling light in its effect, as wit, merriment, energy, passion, and the like; a short vivid vision or description; a short and brilliant burst; a momentary brightness or show; as, a flash of wit; a flash of joy or mirth.

The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind, A savageness in unreclaimed blood. Shak. Where be... your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar? Shak.

His companions recollect no instance of premature wit, no striking sentiment, no flash of fancy. Wirt. 3. The time occupied by the passing of a flash of light; a short transient state; a very brief period; an instant.

The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash. Басон,

4. A body of water driven by violence. [Local.]-5. A little pool.-6. A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, &c., used for colouring brandy and rum, and giving them a fictitious strength.-7. A sluice or lock on a navigable river, just above a shoal, to raise the water while craft are passing. Written also Flashe.-8. Cant language, such as is used by thieves, gipsies, &c.-All flash in the pan, all sound and fury, signifying nothing, like the explosion of a gun which ends with a flash in the lock-pan, the gun itself hanging fire. Flash (flash), v.i. 1. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst or open instantly on the sight, as splendour.--2. To burst or break forth with a flood of flame and light; as, the powder flashed in the pan. 3. To burst suddenly forth like a flame; to break forth into some new and dazzling condition or aspect; to burst out violently. 'Flashed forth and into war.' Tennyson.

They flash out sometimes into an irregular great. ness of thought. Felton.

Ev'ry hour
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds.

Shak.

skate which is common in the Frith of Forth.

Flare (flar), v.i. pret. & pp. flared; ppr. flaring. [Comp. Dan. flagre, G. flackern The (freq. of flacken), to flicker, to flare. root meaning seems to be that of a wavering, fluttering movement. ] 1. To waver; to flutter; to burn with an unsteady light, as flame in a current of air; hence, to flutter as such flame does; to flutter with gaudy show.

With ribbons pendent flaring 'bout her head.

Shak 2. To shine out with sudden and unsteady light, lustre, or splendour; to give out a dazzling light.

a sudden flash or flashes; to cause to appear with sudden flame or light; as, his eyes flashed fire.

The chariot of paternal Deity,
Flashing thick flames.

Milton.

2. To convey by instantaneous communication, as by a flame or spark; to cause to illuminate suddenly and startlingly, as if by a burst of light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind. 3. To strike up, as large bodies of water from the surface in gleaming sheets or spray; to splash.

With his raging arms he rudely flash'd
The waves about, and all his armour swept,
That all the blood and filth away was wash'd.
Spenser.

FLASH

4. To paint with showy colours; to trick up in a showy manner.

Limning and flashing it with various dyes. Brewer. Flash (flash), a. 1. Vulgarly showy or gaudy; as, a flash dress; a flash style.-2. Forged; counterfeit; as, flash notes. Flash lan guage, language spoken by felons, thieves, knaves, and vagabonds; cant; slang.

In a wild district of Derbyshire, between Maccles field and Buxton, there is a village called Flash, surrounded by uninclosed land. The squatters on these commons, with their wild gipsey habits, travelled about the neighbourhood from fair to fair, using a slang dialect of their own. They were called the Flash men, and their dialect Flash talk; and it is not difficult to see the stages by which the word Flash has reached its present signification. Isaac Taylor. Flasher (flash'èr), n. 1. One who or that which flashes; specifically, a man of more appearance of wit than reality. 2. A rower.-3. A name of the lesser butcherbird. See FLUSHER.

Flash-house (flash'hous), n. A house frequented by thieves, robbers, and knaves, and in which stolen goods are received.

The excesses of that age remind us of the humours of a gang of footpads, revelling with their favourite beauties at a flash-house. Macaulay.

Flashily (flash'i-li), adv. With empty show; with a sudden glare; without solidity of wit or thought.

Flashiness (flash'i-nes), n. The state of being flashy; ostentatious gaudiness; tastelessness; vapidness; insipidity.

The same experiment may be made in artichokes and other seeds, when you would take away either their flashiness or bitterness. Bacon.

Flashing (flash'ing), n. 1. The act of creating an artificial flood at shallows in a river, by penning up the water either in the river itself or in side reservoirs.-2. In arch. pieces of lead, zinc, or other metal, used to protect the joining when a roof comes in contact with a wall, or when a chimney shaft or other object comes through a roof and the like. The metal is let into a joint or groove cut in the wall, &c., and folded down so as to lap over and protect the joining. When the flashing is folded down over the upturned edge of the lead of a gutter it is, in Scotland, called an apron. Flashy (flash'i), a. 1. Showy, but empty; dazzling for a moment, but not solid.

Flashy wits cannot fathom the whole extent of a large discourse. Sir K. Digby.

2. Showy, but generally cheap; gay; gaudy; tawdry; as, a flashy dress.-3. Insipid; vapid; without taste or spirit, as food or drink. Lean and flashy songs.' Milton.4. Quick; impulsive; flery. A temper always flashy.' Burke.

The

Flask (flask), n. [A. Sax. flasc, flasca, flaxa; the ultimate origin of the word is doubtful. Comp. O. Fr. flasche, flascon; Sp. flasco; It. fiasco; L.L. flasco, flasca, which Diez refers to L. vasculum, a dim. of vas, a vessel. Dan. flaske, Sw. flaska, O.H.G. flasca, are probably from the same source. The O. Fr. flasche, L.L. flasco, appear originally to have been coverings to protect glass bottles; and this being the case the W. flasg, a vessel of wicker-work, a basket, may be the ultimate origin of all the forms.] 1. A kind of bottle; as, a flask of wine or oil.

Then for the Bourdeaux you may freely ask; But the Champaigne is to each man his flask. King. Specifically, (a) a narrow-necked globular glass bottle; as, a Florence flask. (b) A metal or other pocket dram-bottle; as, a pocket flask. (c) A vessel, generally of metal or horn, for containing gunpowder, carried by sportsmen, usually furnished with a measure of the charge at the top. (d) A vessel for containing mercury. A flask of mercury from California is about 75 lbs.-2. A shallow frame of wood or iron, used in foundries to contain the sand employed in moulding. 3. A bed in a gun-carriage. Flasket (flask'et), n. 1. A vessel in which viands are served up.-2. A long shallow basket.

Flat (flat), a. [Icel. flatr, Sw. flat, Dan. flad, G. flach and platt, flat. Akin Lith. platus, Gr. platys, Skr. prithus, wide, broad.] 1. Having an even and horizontal, or nearly horizontal surface, without elevations or depressions, hills or valleys; level without inclination; as, flat land; a flat roof.

Virtue could see to do what virtue would
By her own radiant light, though sun and moon
Were in the flat sea sunk.
Milton.

2 Prostrate; lying the whole length on the ground; level with the ground; fallen; laid low; ruined.

ch, chain; ch, Sc. loch; g, go; j, job;

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What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat.

Milton. 3. In the fine arts, wanting relief or prominence of the figures.-4. Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit flat to the taste.-5. Dull; unanimated; frigid; without point or spirit; that can give no relish or interest.

A great part of the work is to me very flat. Coleridge.

How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! Shak, 6. Brought to an end; brought to nought; caused to collapse; ruined.

I feel... my hopes all flat.

Milton.

7. Not relieved, broken, or softened; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright; as, he gave the petitioner a flat denial. Thus repulsed, our final hope Is flat despair.

Milton.

I'll not march through Coventry with them, that's flat. Shak.

8. In music, below the natural or the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, indicating a note half a tone below its natural; minor. A flat fifth is an interval of a fifth diminished by a flat.-9. Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound.-10. In gram. applied to one of that division of consonants, in the enunciation of which voice (in contradistinction to breath) is heard: opposed to sharp; as, b, d, g, z, v.-11. Lacking briskness of commercial exchange or dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market was very flat. Flat candlestick, a bedroom candlestick with a broad flat foot or dish.

Flat candle, the candle burned in such a candlestick.

The idea of a girl with a really fine head of hair, having to do it by one flat candle and a few inches of looking-glass. Dickens.

Flat (flat), n. 1. A surface without relief or prominences; a level or extended plain; a low tract of land.

Envy is as the sunbeams, that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a flat. Bacon. 2. A level ground lying at a small depth under the surface of water; a shoal; a shallow; a strand; a sandbank under water.

I should not see the sandy hour-glass run, But I should think of shallows and of flats. Shak. 3. Something broad and flat in form; as, (a) a broad, flat-bottomed boat without a keel, generally used in river navigation. (b) A broad-brimmed, low-crowned straw hat. [United States. 1 (c) A railway car without a roof. [United States.]-4. The flat part or side of anything; as, the upper extended surface of the hand, the broad side of a sword or knife, and the like.-5. In music, a mark of depression in sound. It is marked thus b, and is used to lower or depress, by the degree of a semitone, any note in the natural scale. An accidental flat is one which does not occur in the signature, and which affects only the bar in which it is placed. A double flat depresses a note two semitones below its natural pitch.-6. In arch. that part of the covering of a house laid horizontal, and covered with lead or other material.-7. A story or floor of a building, especially when fitted up for a single family.-8. A foolish fellow; a simpleton; one who is easily duped; a gull.

Oh! Messrs. Tyler, Donelson, and the rest, what flats you are. Times newspaper.

9. In ship-building, one of the timbers in midships.-10. In theatres, one of the halves of such scenes or parts of scenes as are formed by two equal portions pushed from the sides of the stage and meeting in the centre.

Flat (flat), v.t. pret. & pp. flatted; ppr. flat-
ting. 1. To level; to lay smooth or even;
to make broad and smooth; to flatten.-
2. To make vapid or tasteless. Bacon.-3. To
make dull or unanimated; to depress.

It mortifies the body, and flats the pleasure of the
Glanville.

senses.

4. In music, to reduce below the true pitch, as a note, by depressing it half a tone.To flat in the sail (naut.), to draw in the

aftmost clew of a sail towards the middle of the ship.

Flat (flat), v.i. 1. To grow flat; to fall to an even surface.-2. To become insipid, or dull and unanimated.-3. In music, to depress the voice; to render a sound less sharp; to fall below the true pitch. Flatt (flat), adv. Directly; plainly.

Sin is flat opposite to the Almighty. G. Herbert. Flat-aft (flat'aft), a. Naut. noting the position of sails when their surfaces are pressed

Wealthy flat-caps, that pay for their pleasure the best of any men in Europe. Marston. Flat-fish (flat'fish), n. A fish which has its body of a flattened form, swims on the side, and has both eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, halibut, and sole. The sense is sometimes extended to other fishes which have the body much compressed, as the skate and other members of the ray family. Flat-footed (flat'fut-ed), a. 1. Having flat feet; having little or no hollow in the sole, and a low arch in the instep.-2. Firm-footed; resolute. [American slang term.] Flat-head, Flat-headed (flat'hed, flat'heded), a. Having a flat head: applied as an epithet to a certain tribe of American Indians who produce this flatness by artificial means.

Flatida (flat'i-de), n. pl. A sub-family of hemipterous insects, belonging to the Fulgoride. These insects yield Chinese wax as a thread-like secretion, which is renewed when removed.

Flat-iron (flat'i-érn), n. An iron for smoothing cloth. It is applied directly to the fire and then passed firmly over the surface of the fabric to be smoothed. Flativet (flat'iv), a. [L. flatus, from flo, to blow.] Producing wind; flatulent. Flatlingt (flat'ling), adv. [Comp. in respect of the adverbial term. -ling, the word darkling.] With the flat side; flatwise.

With her sword she flatling strooke, In signe of true subjection to her powre. Spenser. Flatlings (flat'lingz), adv. With the flat side; not edgewise; flatlong. The blade struck me flatlings.' Sir W. Scott. [Rare.] Flatlong (flatlong), adv. With the flat side downward; not edgewise.

What a blow was there given!-An it had not fallen flatlong. Shak.

Flatly (flat'li), adv. In a flat manner; horizontally; evenly; without spirit; dully; frigidly; peremptorily; positively; plainly. He that does the work of religion, slowly, flatly, and without appetite. Fer. Taylor. He flatly refused his aid. Sir P. Sidney. Flatness (flat'nes), n. State or quality of being flat (in all its senses); levelness; equality of surface; want of relief or prominence; deadness; vapidness; insipidity; low state; abjectness; depression of spirits; want of life; dulness; insipidity; frigidity; gravity of sound, as opposed to sharpness, acuteness, or shrillness. The flatness of my misery.' Shak.

Some of Homer's translators have swelled into fustian, and others sunk into flatness. Pope. Flatness of sound-joined with a harshness, Bacon.

proaching to flatness.

FLAWLESS

Chaucer.

Flat-race (flat'rās), n. A race over level or clear ground, as opposed to a hurdle-race or steeplechase.

Flat-rod (flat'rod), n. In mining, a rod for communicating motion from the engine horizontally.

Flatten (flat'n), v.t. [Flat, and en, verbforming suffix.] 1. To make flat; to reduce to an equal or even surface; to level.-2. To lay flat; to bring to the ground; to prostrate.-3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.-4. To depress; to deject, as the spirits; to dispirit.-5. In music, to lower in pitch; to render less acute or sharp. -To flatten a sail, to extend it fore and aft, whereby its effect is lateral only. Flatten (flat'n), v.i. 1. To grow or become even on the surface.-2. To become dead, stale, vapid, or tasteless. 'Satisfactions

that flatten in the very tasting.' L'Estrange.-3. To become dull or spiritless. 4. In music, to depress the voice; to render a sound less sharp; to drop below the true pitch.

Flatter (flat'těr), n. 1. The person or thing by which anything is flattened.-2. In blacksmith's work, a flat swage. Flatter (flat'ter), v.t. [Fr. flatter, Pr. flatar, to pat, stroke, caress, flatter. The Icel. fathra, to deceive by blandishments, possibly from O. N. flatr, flat, is said to be the origin of the Fr. and Pr., so that the primitive sense of the verb would appear to be to render smooth by patting or stroking with the hand. See FLAT.] 1. To soothe by praise; to gratify the self-love of by praise or obsequiousness; to please, as by applause or favourable notice, by respectful attention, or by anything that exalts one in one's own estimation, or confirms one's good opinion of one's self; to coax; to wheedle. A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a Prov. xxix. 5. net for his feet.

Shak.

2. To praise falsely; to encourage by favourable notice; as, to flatter vices or crimes.3. To encourage by favourable representations or indications; as, to flatter hopes. For now reviving joy bids her rejoice, And flatters her it is Adonis' voice. 4. To inspire with false hopes; to encourage by deceitful or unfounded expectation; as, to flatter one with a prospect of success; to flatter a patient with the expectation of recovery when his case is desperate.-5. To win the favourable attention of; to please; to soothe; to gratify.

A consort of voices supporting themselves by their different parts makes a harmony, pleasingly fills the ears and flatters them. Dryden.

[To flatter with to flatter, is occasionally found in old authors.] Flatter-blind (flat'tér-blind), v.t. To blind with flattery. [Rare.]

If I do not grossly flatter-blind myself. Coleridge. Flatterer (flat'tèr-èr), n. One who flatters; a fawner; a wheedler; one who praises another with a view to please him, to gain his favour, or to accomplish some purpose.

When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does; being then most flattered. Shak. Flatteress (flat'tér-es), n. A female who flatters. "Those women that in times past were called Cypres, Colacides, i.e. flatteresses.' Holland.

In a

Flatteringly (flat'ter-ing-li), adv. flattering manner; in a manner to flatter; in a manner to favour; with partiality. He flatteringly encouraged him in the opinion of his own merits. Sir T. Browne.

His pictures of women are flatteringly drawn. Cumberland. Flattery (flat'tė-ri), n. [Fr. flatterie. See FLATTER] The act of one who flatters; false, insincere, or venal praise; obsequiousness; adulation; cajolery.

Flattery is so nauseous to a liberal spirit that, even when praise is merited, it is disagreeable, at least to unconcerned spectators, if it appear in a garb which adulation commonly assumes. Dr. Campbell. -Adulation, Flattery, Compliment. See

ADULATION. Flatting (flatʼing), n. 1. A method of preserving unburnished gilding, by touching it with size. 2. A mode of house painting, in which the paint, from its mixture with turpentine, leaves the work flat or without gloss. 3. The rolling out of metal into sheets by cylindrical pressure. Flatting-mill (flating-mil), n. A mill for rolling out metals by cylindrical pressure.

These are from three inches over to six or seven, and of a flattish shape. Woodward. Flatulence, Flatulency (flat'u-lens, flat'ūlen-si), n. [L.L. flatulentia, from flatulentus, flatulent. See FLATULENT.] 1. The state of being flatulent, or affected with an accumulation of gases in the alimentary canal. 2. Airiness; emptiness; vanity.

The natural flatulency of that airy scheme of notions. Glanville.

Flatulent (flat'ù-lent), a. [L. L. flatulentus, from L. flatus, a blowing, from flo, flatum, to blow.] 1. Windy; affected with gases generated in the alimentary canal.-2. Turgid with air; windy: as, a flatulent tumour. 3. Generating or apt to generate wind in the

stomach.

Vegetables abound more with aerial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. Arbuthnot.

4. Empty; vain; pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; as, flatulent vanity. How many of these flatulent writers have sunk in their reputation, after seven or eight editions of their works. Dryden.

Windiness;

In bot. yellowness; a disease in plants in which the green parts assume that colour. Flaveria (fla-vē'ri-a), n. [L. flavus, yellow -the plants being used in Chili to dye yellow.] A genus of herbaceous biennial plants, nat. order Compositæ, containing several American and Australian species. F. Contrayerba is a native of Peru, and grows to the height of 18 inches, with lanceolate serrated leaves, and terminal heads of yellow flowers. Flavescent (fla-ves'ent), a. In bot. yellowish or turning yellow. Flavicomous (fla-vik'om-us), a. [L. flavus, yellow, and coma, hair.] Having yellow hair.

Flavin, Flavine (fla'vin), n. A yellow dyestuff, by some said to be identical with quercitrin, imported from America in the form of a dark brown powder, and used as a substitute for quercitron bark. It gives a fine olive-yellow colour to cloth. Flavindin (fla'vin-din), n. A substance apparently isomeric with indin and indigoblue, obtained by the action of potash on indin.

Flatwise (flat'wiz), a. or adv. With the flat side downward or next to another object; not edgewise. 'Its posture was flatwise." Woodward.

Flat-worm (flat'wêrm), n. An individual of the section of Entozoa, known as Platyelmia (which see).

Flaucht, Flaught (flächt), n. [Scotch.] 1. A flight; a flock. A flaucht o' dows.' Edin. Mag. 2. A flutter, as that of a bird; wave; waft.

He... was every noo and then getting up wi' a great flaught of his arms, like a goose wi' its wings jumping up a stair. Galt.

3. A flash. A flaught o' fire.' Blackwood's Mag.

To

Flauchter, Flaughter (flächt'ér), v.i. flutter; to shine fitfully; to flicker. [Scotch.] Whiles he wad hae seen a glance o' the light frae the door o' the cave flaughtering against the hazels on the other bank. Sir W. Scott.

Flauchter, Flaughter (flächt'èr), v.t. [See FLAY.] To pare or cut from the ground, as turf. [Scotch.]

Flauchter - spade, Flaughter-spade (flacht'er-spád), n. A long two-handed spade for cutting turf.

Flaunt (flant), v.i. [Probably connected with such words as prov. G. flander, a rag or tatter, flandern, to flutter-nasalized forms corresponding to G. flattern, to flirt, to rove about, to flutter] To make a show in apparel or equipment of any kind; to make an ostentatious display; to move or act ostentatiously; to be glaring or gaudy; as, a flaunting show.

One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. Pope. You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. Arbuthnot.

Flaunt (flant), v. t. To display ostentatiously; to display impudently or offensively; as, he flaunted the handkerchief in his face.-To flaunt it to flaunt, v.i.

These courtiers of applause deny themselves things convenient to flaunt it out, being frequently vain enough to immolate their own desires to their vanity. Boyle Flaunt (flant), n. Anything displayed for show; impudent parade; a boast; a vaunt; a brag.

Dost thou come hither with thy flourishes,
Thy flaunts and faces, to abuse men's manners?
Beau & Fl

Flaunt-a-flaunt (flant'a-flant), ade. Flauntingly displayed. With high-copt hats and feathers flaunt-a-flaunt.' Gascoigne. Flaunter (flant'èr), n. One who flaunts. Flauntingly (flant'ing-li), adv. In a flaunting way.

Flaunty, Flaunting (flant'i, flant'ing), a. Ostentatious; vulgarly or offensively showy; gaudy.

Your common men

Build pyramids, gauge railroads, reign, reap, dine, And dust the flauty carpets of the world For kings to walk on, or our senators. E. B. Browning. Flautist (flat'ist), n. [It flauto, a flute.] A player on the flute; a flutist.

by Milton, who speaks of the flavour of wine as distinct from its smell and taste, the origin being L.L. flavor, yellow gold, lit. yellowness, from L. flavus, yellow, golden or reddish yellow.] 1. The quality of any substance which affects the taste, especially that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; as, the flavour of the peach, of wine, &c.-2. The quality of a substance which affects the smell; odour; fragrance; as, the flavour of the rose.-3. Fig. the quality which affects the literary or artistic taste.

As there are wines which, it is said, can only be drunk in the country where the vine grows, so the flavour and aroma of the best works of art are too delicate to bear importation into the speech of other lands and times. Dr. Caird.

Flavour (fla'věr), v.t. To communicate flavour or some quality of taste or smell to. Flavoured (fla'verd), a. Having the quality that affects the sense of taste or smell; as, high-flavoured wine.

Flavourless (fla'ver-les), a. Without flavour;

tasteless.

Flavourous (flā'vėr-us), a. Pleasant to the taste or smell.

Flavous (flavus), a. [L. flavus.] Yellow. Flaw (la), n. [A. Sax. floh, that which has flown off, a fragment, a flaw; Goth. flaga, a fragment; Sw. flaga, a flaw, flaga sig, to scale off-all probably from the same root as A. Sax. fleogan, fledhan, to fly, to flee, and akin to flake and flag. Comp. W. flaw, a splinter; fla, a parting from, lygiau, to break out abruptly. Some connect it with flay; probably in all its senses it does not come from the same root.] 1. A breach; a crack; a defect of continuity or cohesion; a gap or fissure; as, a flaw in a scythe, knife, or razor; a flaw in a china dish or in a glass; a flaw in a wall. 2. Any defect made by violence or occasioned by neglect; a defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, or in a deed, or in a statute.

Their judgment has found a flaw in what the generality of mankind admires. Addison.

3. A sudden burst of wind; a sudden gust or blast of short duration.

And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now west, now south. Longfellow.

4. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar.

And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw. Dryden. 5. A sudden commotion of mind. Oh these flaws and starts, Impostors to true fear, would become A woman's story at a winter's fire. 6. A shiver; a fragment.

Shak

But this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws, Or ere I'll weep. Shak SYN. Crack, chink, fissure, blemish, fault, imperfection, spot, speck, stain. Flaw (fla), v.t. 1. To break; to crack. The brazen caldrons with the frosts that flawed. Dryden.

2. To violate; to invalidate. [Rare.] France hath flaw'd the league, and hath attach'd Shak. Our merchants' goods. Flawe, a. [L. flavus.] Yellow. 'Browes, flawe of colour pure.' Chaucer. Flawless (fla'les), a. Without cracks; without defect.