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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Fix'ure, n. p. 517Position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] Shak.Fiz'gig, n. p. 517A fishgig. Sandys. 2. A gadding, flirting girl. Gosson. 3. A firework, made of powder rolled up in a paper, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.Fĭzz, n. p. 517A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly.Fĭzz or Fĭz'zle, v. i. p. 517To make a hissing sound. It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, as plain as fizzling. B. Jonson. 2. To fail of success in an undertaking; to bungle. To fizzle out, to burn with a hissing noise and…Fĭz'zle, n. p. 517A failure or abortive effort.Flăb'bĭ-ly, adv. p. 517In a flabby manner.Flăb'bi-ness, n. p. 517The state of being flabby or soft.Fläb'by, a. p. 517Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.Flā'bel, n. p. 517A fan. [Obs.] Huloet.Fla-bĕl'late, a. p. 517(Bot.) Having the form of a fan; flabelliform.Fläb'el-lā'tion, n. p. 517(Surg.) The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by change of air, as by a fan. Dunglison.Fla-bĕl'li-fôrm, a. p. 517(Bot.) Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.Flăb'ĭle, a. p. 517Subject to be blown about. Bailey.Flăc'çid, a. p. 517Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh. Religious profession . . . has become flaccid. I. Taylor.Flac-çĭd'i-ty, n. p. 517The state of being flaccid; want of firmness or stiffness; flabbiness; flaccidness. Wiseman.Flăc'cĭd-ly, adv. p. 517In a flaccid manner.Flăc'cid-ness, n. p. 517The state of being flaccid; flaccidity; flabbiness.Flăck'er, v. i. p. 517To flutter as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Flăff, v. i. p. 517To flutter. [Obs.] “A thousand flaffing flags.” Sylvester.Flăg, v. i. p. 517To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose and yielding. The slack sail . . . As loose it flagged around the mast. T. Moore. 2. To grow spiritless or dejected; to…Flăg, v. t. p. 517To let fall into feebleness; to suffer to droop; as, to flag the wings. Prior.Flăg, n. p. 517A flat stone used for paving. Woodward.Flăg, v. t. p. 517To lay with flat stones. The sides and floor were all flagged with . . . marble. Sandys.Flăg, n. p. 517(Bot.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to the genus Iris or Acorus.Flăg, v. t. p. 517To plant or furnish with the flag. The waters are flagged about with calamus. Evelyn.Flăg, n. p. 517That which flags or hangs down loosely; an ensign or colors; a banner by which one party or company are distinguished; a standard on which are certain emblems indicative of nationality, party, or…Flăg'-brōom, n. p. 517A broom for sweeping flags. Johnson.Flāg'el-lant, n. p. 517(Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect which arose in Italy A. D. 1260, who maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament.Flăg'el-lāte, v. t. p. 517To whip; to scourge.Fla-gĕl'late, a. p. 517(Bot.) Flagelliform. Gray.Flăg'el-lā'tion, n. p. 517A beating or whipping; a flogging; the discipline of the scourge. Garth.Fla-gĕl'li-fōrm, a. p. 517(Bot.) Long, narrow, and flexible, like the thong of a whip. Gray.Fla-gĕl'lum, n. p. 517(Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant, especially the long, trailing branch of a vine. 2. (Zoöl.) An appendage to the legs of some crustaceous animals, having some resemblance to a whip. Owen.Flag’eo-lĕt′, n. p. 517(Mus.) A small wind-instrument, having a mouth-piece at one end, and six principal holes.Flāg'-feath'er, n. p. 517A feather of a bird's wing next the body. Booth.Flāg'gi-ness, n. p. 517The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness.Flāg'ging, n. p. 517A pavement or sidewalk of flag-stones; flag-stones, spoken of collectively.Flăg'gy, a. p. 517Weak; flexible; limber. “Flaggy wings.” Spenser. 2. Weak in taste; insipid; as, a flaggy apple. 3. Abounding with the plant called flag.Fla-gĭ'tious, a. p. 517Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous. “Debauched principles and flagitious practices.” I. Taylor. 2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; — said of persons. Pope. 3.…Fla-gĭ'tious-ly, adv. p. 517In a flagitious manner; atrociously. “A sentence so flagitiously unjust.” Macaulay.Fla-gi'tious-ness, n. p. 517The condition or quality of being flagitious; extreme wickedness; villainy.Flag'-ōf'fi-cer, n. p. 517The commander of a squadron.Flā'g'on, n. p. 517A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale. Macaulay.Flāg'-mān, n. p. 517One who makes signals with flags.Fla̅'grange, n. p. 517Flagrancy. Bp. Hall.Flā'gran-cy, n. p. 517The condition or quality of being flagrant; actual perpetration, as of a crime, &c.; heinousness; enormity. 2. A burning; great heat; inflammation. [Obs.] Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. Bacon.Flāʹgrant, a. p. 517Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning. “Flagrant desires and affections.” Hooker. The beadle’s lash still flagrant on their back. Prior. A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the…Flā'grant-ly, adv. p. 517In a flagrant manner; ardently; notoriously.Fla'grāte, v. t. p. 517To burn. [Obs.] Greenhill.Fla-grā'tion, n. p. 517A conflagration. [Obs.] Lovelace.Flāg'-ship, n. p. 517The ship which bears the commanding officer of a squadron, and on which his flag is displayed.Flăg'-staff, n. p. 517A pole or staff on which a flag is hung.Flāg'-stōne, n. p. 517A flat stone for pavement. 2. Any sandstone which splits up into flags.Flăg'-worm, n. p. 517A worm or grub found among flags and sedge. Walton.Flāil, n. p. 517An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club is so hung as to swing freely. His…Flāil'y, a. p. 517Acting like flails. [Obs.] Vicars.Flāke, n. p. 517A loose filmy or scale-like mass of any thing; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, of flesh, or tallow. “Little flakes of scurf.” Addison. Great flakes of ice encompassing our…Flāke, v. t. p. 518To form into flakes. Pope.Flāke, v. i. p. 518To break or separate in layers; to peel or scale off.Flāke'-white, n. p. 518(Paint.) (a.) The purest white lead in flakes or scales. (b.) A subnitrate of bismuth, or pearl-white.