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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Flāt'ū-oŭs, a.p. 519Windy; generating wind. [Obs.] Bacon.
  2. Flā'tus, n.p. 519A breath; a puff of wind. Clarke. 2. Wind generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body; flatulence. Quincy.
  3. Flāt'wīse, a. or adv.p. 519With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise.
  4. Fläunt, v. i.p. 519To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show. You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. Arbuthnot. One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. Pope.…
  5. Fläunt, v. t.p. 519To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.
  6. Fläunt, n.p. 519Any thing displayed for show. In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak.
  7. Fläunt'ing-ly, adv.p. 519In a flaunting way.
  8. Flau'tist, n.p. 519A player on the flute; a flutist.
  9. Fla-vĕs'cent, a.p. 519Turning yellow; yellowish. Gray.
  10. Fla-vĭe'o-mŏŭs, a.p. 519Having yellow hair.
  11. Flā'vine, n.p. 519(Chem.) A vegetable extract, in the form of a light-brown or greenish-yellow powder, and containing a large proportion of tannin and coloring matter. Simmonds.
  12. Flā'vor, n.p. 519That quality of any thing which affects the smell; odor; fragrance; as, the flavor of a rose. 2. That quality of any thing which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish…
  13. Flā'vor, v. t.p. 519To give flavor to.
  14. Flā'vored, p. a.p. 519Having flavor, or a pleasant taste; as, high-flavored wine.
  15. Flā'vor-less, a.p. 519Without flavor; tasteless.
  16. Flā'vor-oŭs, a.p. 519Imparting flavor; pleasant to the taste or smell; sapid.
  17. Flā'voŭs, a.p. 519Yellow. [Obs.]
  18. Flaw, n.p. 519A bursting or cracking; a breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife, a vase, or a wall. This heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws. Shak. 2.…
  19. Flaw, v. t.p. 520To break; to crack; to violate; to interrupt; to make unequal. The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed. Dryden.
  20. Flaw'less, a.p. 520Free from flaws. Boyle.
  21. Flawn, n.p. 520A sort of flat custard or pie. [Obs.] Tusser.
  22. Flaw'ter, v. t.p. 520To scrape or pare, as a skin. [Obs.]
  23. Flaw'y, a.p. 520Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty. 2. Subject to sudden gusts of wind.
  24. Flăx, n.p. 520(Bot.) A plant of the genus Linum (L. usitatissimum), having a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth…
  25. Flāx'-cōmb, n.p. 520A comb or toothed instrument for separating flax from the tow and shives; a hatchel.
  26. Flăx'-drĕss'er, n.p. 520One who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares it for the spinner.
  27. Flăx'-drĕss'ing, n.p. 520The process of breaking and swingling flax.
  28. Flax'en, a.p. 520Made of flax; as, flaxen thread. 2. Resembling flax; of the color of flax; as, flaxen hair.
  29. Flax'-plānt, n.p. 520(Bot.) A plant in New Zealand allied to the lilies and aloes; the Phormium tenax.
  30. Flāx'seed, n.p. 520The seed of the flax-plant; linseed.
  31. Flăx'-weed, n.p. 520(Bot.) A plant of the genus Linaria (L. vulgaris).
  32. Flăx'-wĕnch, n.p. 520A female who spins. 2. A prostitute. [Obs.] Shak.
  33. Flāx'y, a.p. 520Like flax; of a light color; fair. Sandys.
  34. Flāy, v. t.p. 520To skin; to strip off the skin of; as, to flay an ox. With her nails She'll flay thy wolfish visage. Shak.
  35. Fla'y'er, n.p. 520One who strips off the skin.
  36. Flea, v. t.p. 520To flay. [Obs.] He will be fleaed first And horse-collars made of 's skin. Fletcher.
  37. Flea, n.p. 520(Entom.) An insect of the genus Pulex, remarkable for its agility and troublesome bite. The common flea is the Pulex irritans; the chigoe, or chique, of the West Indies and South America is the Pulex…
  38. Flēa'-bāne, n.p. 520(Bot.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria. London.
  39. Flea'-bīte or Flea'-bīt'ing, n.p. 520The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite. 2. A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea. Harvey.
  40. Flēa'-bĭt'ten, a.p. 520Bitten or stung by a flea. 2. Mean; worthless; of low birth or station. Cleaveland.
  41. Flēak, n.p. 520Same as FLAKE, q. v.
  42. Flēak'ing, n.p. 520A gauze-like covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses.
  43. Flēam, n.p. 520(Surg. & Far.) A sharp instrument used for opening veins for letting blood; a lancet.
  44. Fleam'y, a.p. 520Bloody; clotted. [Obs. or Prov.] “Foamy bubbling of a fleamy brain.” Marston.
  45. Flēar, v. t. & i.p. 520See FLEER.
  46. Flēa'-wort, n.p. 520(Bot.) An herb used in medicine (Plantago psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds. London.
  47. Fleche, n.p. 520(Fort.) A field-work usually at the foot of a glacis, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward from the position taken.
  48. Fleck, n.p. 520A spot; a streak; a speckle; a dapple. “Flecks of sin.” Tennyson.
  49. Fleck, v. t.p. 520To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple. Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain. Dryden. A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. Trench.
  50. Flĕck'er, v. t.p. 520Same as FLECK.
  51. Fleck'less, a.p. 520Without spot or blame. [Rare.] My conscience will not count me fleckless. Tennyson.
  52. Flĕc'tion, n.p. 520The act of bending, or state of being bent; inflection.
  53. Flēc'tor, n.p. 520A flexor. See FLEXOR.
  54. Flēd, imp. & p. p.p. 520of flee.
  55. Flĕdge, a.p. 520Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly. [Obs.] His locks behind, Illustrious on his shoulders, fledge with wings, Lay waving round. Milton.
  56. Flĕdge, v. t.p. 520To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight. The birds were not yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. L’Estrange. 2. To furnish with any soft covering. Your…
  57. Flĕdge, v. i.p. 520To become fledged. [Obs.]
  58. Flĕd'ge'ling, n.p. 520A young bird just fledged.
  59. Flee, v. i.p. 520To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; — usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive. “Flee fornication.” 1 Cor.…
  60. Fleece, n.p. 520The coat of wool that covers a sheep, or that is shorn from a sheep at one time. Who shore me Like a tame wether all my precious fleece. Milton. 2. Any soft wooly covering resembling a fleece. 3.…