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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Fläk'-i-ness, n. p. 518The state of being flaky.Flāk'y, a. p. 518Consisting of flakes or locks; consisting of small, loose masses; lying in flakes or layers; flake-like.Flăm, n. p. 518A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. [Obs.] Lies immortalized and consigned over as a perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. South.Flăm, v. t. p. 518To deceive with falsehood; to delude; to cheat; to bamboozle. [Obs.] Who is not flammed off with words and phrases. South.Flăm’beau, n. p. 518A flaming torch; a light made of thick wicks covered with wax, and used in the streets at night, at illuminations, and in processions.Flam-bôy'ant, a. p. 518(Arch.) Characterized by waving or flame like curves, as in the tracery of windows, &c.;—said of the French Gothic style, which was contemporary with the perpendicular in England. Fairholt.Flāme, n. p. 518A stream of burning vapor or gas; darting or streaming fire; a blaze. 2. Burning zeal or passion; intensely excited ardor; elevated and noble enthusiasm; fervency; glowing elevation of imagination…Flāme, v. i. p. 518To burn with rising, streaming, or darting fire; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze. The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again. Shak. 2. To…Flāme, v. t. p. 518To kindle; to inflame; to excite. “Flamed with zeal of vengeance.” Spenser.Fläme'-côl'or, n. p. 518Bright yellow or orange color, as that of flame. B. Jonson.Flāme'-col'ored, a. p. 518Of the color of flame; of a bright yellow color. Shak.Flāme'less, a. p. 518Destitute of flame.Flāme'let, n. p. 518A small flame. “The flamelets flapped and flickered.” Longfellow.Flā´men, n. p. 518(Rom. Antiq.) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were the Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.Fla-mîn'e-oûs, a. p. 518Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.Flām'ing-ly, adv. p. 518Most brightly; with great show or vehemence.Fla-mĭn'go, n. p. 518(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Phœnicopterus, of a bright red color, having long legs and neck, and a beak bent down as if broken. The European flamingo is P. ruber.Fla-min'ie-al, a. p. 518Pertaining to a Roman flamen. [Obs.] Milton.Flām'ma-bil'i-ty, n. p. 518The quality of being flammable; inflammability. [Obs.] Browne.Flām'ma-ble, a. p. 518Capable of being enkindled into flame; inflammable. [Obs.]Flam-mā'tion, n. p. 518The act of setting in a blaze. [Obs.] Browne.Flām'me-oŭs, a. p. 518Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [Obs.] Browne.}Flam-mi'f'er-oüs, a. p. 518Producing flame.Flam-mĭv'o-mŏŭs, a. p. 518Vomiting flames, as a volcano. Thomson.Flām'y, a. p. 518Flaming; blazing; flame-like; composed of flame.Flānch, n. p. 518A flange. [Rare.] 2. (Her.) An ordinary formed on each side of an escutcheon by the segment of a circle.Flāg'eo-nāde', n. p. 518(Fencing.) A thrust in the side.Flănge, n. p. 518A projecting edge, rib, or rim, as of a car-wheel, to keep it on the rail, or of a casting or other piece, by which it is strengthened or may be fastened to something else.Flănge, v. t. p. 518(Mach.) To make a flange on.Flănge, v. i. p. 518To be bent into a flange; to take the form of a flange.Flānged, a. p. 518Having a flange or flanges; as, a flanged wheel.Flăng'e'-joint, n. p. 518A joint in pipes, &c., made by two flanges bolted together.Flănge'-rāil, n. p. 518A rail having on one side a flange to keep wheels, &c., from running off.Flānk, n. p. 518The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. 2. (Mil.) (a.) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the…Flānk, v. t. p. 518To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon. Stately colonnades are flanked with trees. Pitt. 2. To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the…Flānk, v. i. p. 518To border; to touch. Butler. 2. To be posted on the side.Flänk'ard, n. p. 518(Sporting.) One of the knobs or nuts in the flanks of a deer.Flānk'er, n. p. 518One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army to guard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.…Flănk'er, v. t. p. 518To defend by lateral fortifications. Herbert. 2. To attack sideways. Evelyn.Flăn'nel, n. p. 518A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture.Flăn'neled, a. p. 518Covered or wrapped in flannel.Flăn'nen, a. p. 518Made or consisting of flannel. [Obs.] “Flannen robes.” Dryden.Flăp, n. p. 518Any thing broad and limber that hangs loose, or attached by one side or end and easily moved; as, the flap of a garment, of the ear, or of a hat. A cartilaginous flap on the opening of the larynx.…Flāp, v. t. p. 518To beat with a flap; to strike. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. Pope. 2. To move, as something broad and flap-like; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat. To flap in…Flāp, v. i. p. 518To move as wings, or as something broad or loose. 2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.Flāp'-drāg'on, n. p. 518A game in which the players catch raisins out of burning brandy, and, extinguishing them by closing the mouth, eat them. 2. The thing thus caught and eaten. Johnson.Flāp'-drāg'on, v. t. p. 518To swallow whole like a flap-dragon; to devour. [Obs.] See how the sea flap-dragoned it. Shak.