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Fleshed (?), a. 1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh.
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2. Glutted; satiated; initiated.
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Fleshed with slaughter. Dryden.
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Flesher (?), n. 1. A butcher.
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A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down. Macaulay.
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2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.
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Fleshhood (?), n. The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation. [R.]
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Thou, who hast thyself
Endured this fleshhood. Mrs. Browning.
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Fleshiness (?), n. The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton.
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Fleshings (?), n. pl. Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors and dancers. D. Jerrold.
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Fleshless, a. Destitute of flesh; lean. Carlyle.
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Fleshliness (?), n. The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites. Spenser.
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Fleshling (?), n. A person devoted to fleshly things. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Fleshly (flĕshl�), a. [AS. flǣsclīc.] 1. Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. “Fleshly bondage.” Denham.
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2. Animal; not vegetable. Dryden.
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3. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. “Fleshly wisdom.” 2 Cor. i. 12.
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Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm
And fragile arms. Milton.
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4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious.
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Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 1 Pet. ii. 11.
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Fleshly, adv. In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Fleshment (?), n. The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. [R.] Shak.
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Fleshmonger (?), n. [AS. flǣsc mangere.] One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander. [R.] Shak.
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Fleshpot (?), n. 1. A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked.
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In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots, and . . . did eat bread to the full. Ex. xvi. 3.
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2. hence, pl. plenty; high living.
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3. pl. Places providing opportunity to indulge in amusements or pleasures without moral restraints.
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Fleshquake (?), n. A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Fleshy (?), a. [Compar. Fleshier (?); superl. Fleshiest (?).] 1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross.
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The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray.
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2. Human. [Obs.] “Fleshy tabernacle.” Milton.
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3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
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Flet (?), p. p. of . Skimmed. [Obs.]
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Fletch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fletched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fletching.] [F. flèche arrow.] To feather, as an arrow. Bp. Warburton.
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[Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding: “America loved his brother.” Bancroft.
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Fletcher (?), n. [OF. flechier.] One who fletches or feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows. [Obs.] Mortimer.
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Flete (?), v. i. [See , v. i.] To float; to swim. [Obs.] “Whether I sink or flete.” Chaucer.
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Fletiferous (?), a. [L. fletifer; fletus a weeping (from flere, fletum, to weep) + ferre to bear.] Producing tears. [Obs.] Blount.
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Fleur-de-lis (?), n.; pl. Fleurs-de-lis (#). [F., flower of the lily. Cf. , .] 1. (Bot.) The iris. See .
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2. A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France.
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Fleuron (?), n. [F., fr. OF. floron. Cf. .] A flower-shaped ornament, esp. one terminating an object or forming one of a series, as a knob of a cover to a dish, or a flower-shaped part in a necklace.
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Fleury (?), a. [F. fleuri covered with flowers, p. p. of fleurir. See .] (Her.) Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis; -- said esp. of a cross so decorated.
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Flew (?), imp. of .
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Flewed (?), a. Having large flews. Shak.
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Flews (?), n. pl. The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. See Illust. of .
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Flex (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flexed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flexing.] [L. flexus, p. p. of flectere to bend, perh. flectere and akin to falx sickle, E. falchion. Cf. .] To bend; as, to flex the arm.
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Flex, n. Flax. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Flexanimous (?), a. [L. flexanimus; flectere, flexum, to bend + animus mind.] Having power to change the mind. [Obs.] Howell.
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Flexibility (?), n. [L. flexibilitas: cf. F. flexibilite.] The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light. Sir I. Newton.
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All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. Macaulay.
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Flexible (?), a. [L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible.] 1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.
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When the splitting wind
Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. Shak.
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2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
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Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. Bacon.
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Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. Shak.
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3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
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This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. Rogers.

Syn. -- Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile; obsequious; inconstant; wavering.

-- Flexibleness, n. -- Flexibly, adv.
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Flexicostate (?), a. [L. flexus bent + E. costate.] (Anat.) Having bent or curved ribs.
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Flexile (?), a. [L. flexilis.] Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable. Wordsworth.
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Flexion (?), n. [L. flexio: cf. F. flexion.] 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
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2. A bending; a part bent; a fold. Bacon.
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3. (Gram.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.
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Express the syntactical relations by flexion. Sir W. Hamilton.
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4. (Physiol.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.
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Flexor (?), n. [NL.] (Anat.) A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.
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flexitime, flextime flex time (?), n. [short for flexible time.] A system of scheduling working hours in places of employment, which allows employees to arrive at and leave work at times of their own choice, providing that they work the required number of hours and usually requiring that they be present during certain hours, called core time. Certain workers prefer to arrive early and leave early, and others prefer to arrive late and leave late. Flex time is a way to accommodate such preferences, presumably improving employee morale, and also helps reduce traffic congestion during commmuting times.
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Flexuose (?; 135), a. Flexuous.
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Flexuous (?), a. [L. flexuosus, fr. flexus a bending, turning.] 1. Having turns, windings, or flexures.
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2. (Bot.) Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.
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3. Wavering; not steady; flickering. Bacon.
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Flexural (?), a. [From .] Of, pertaining to, or resulting from, flexure; of the nature of, or characterized by, flexure; as, flexural elasticity.
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Flexure (?; 135), n. [L. flexura.] 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.
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Will it give place to flexure and low bending? Shak.
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2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
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Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered. British Quart. Rev.
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3. (Zoöl.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
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4. (Astron.) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
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Coloq. The flexure of a curve (Math.), the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line.
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Flibbergib (?), n. A sycophant. [Obs. & Humorous.] “Flatterers and flibbergibs.” Latimer.
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Flibbertigibbet (?), n. An imp. Shak.
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Flibustier (?), n. [F.] A buccaneer; an American pirate. See . [Obs.]
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Flick (flĭk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flicked (flĭkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flicking.] [Cf. Flicker.] 1. To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray.
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2. To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a whiplash.

Rude boys were flicking butter pats across chaos. Kipling.
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Flick, n. A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.
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Flick, n. [See , v. t.] 1. A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow.

She actually took the whip out of his hand and gave a flick to the pony. Mrs. Humphry Ward.
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2. A motion picture; as, I went to see a flick on Friday. [Colloq.]
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Flicker (flĭkẽr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered (flĭkẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.] [OE. flikeren, flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D. flikkeren to sparkle. √84. Cf. Flacker.] 1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
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And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden.
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2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
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The shadows flicker to fro. Tennyson.
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Flicker, n. 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.
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2. (Zoöl.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.
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The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. Thoureau.
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Flickeringly, adv. In a flickering manner.
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Flickermouse (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Flidge (?), a. Fledged; fledge. [Obs.] Holland.
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Flidge, v. i. To become fledged; to fledge. [Obs.]
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Every day build their nests, every hour flidge. R. Greene.
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Flier (flīẽr), n. [Form , v.; cf. ] 1. One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. Shak.
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2. (Mach.) A fly. See , n., 9, and 13 (b).
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3. (Spinning) See , n., 5.
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4. (Arch.) See , n., 4.
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5. An aëroplane or flying machine.
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Flight (flīt), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fleógan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fleón to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. √84. See , .] 1. The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
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Like the night owl's lazy flight. Shak.
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2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape danger or expected evil; hasty departure.
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Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. Matt. xxiv. 20.
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Fain by flight to save themselves. Shak.
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3. Lofty elevation and excursion; a mounting; a soaring; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
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Could he have kept his spirit to that flight,
He had been happy. Byron.
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His highest flights were indeed far below those of Taylor. Macaulay.
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4. A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows. Swift.
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Swift flights of angels ministrant. Milton.
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Like a flight of fowl
Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. Shak.
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5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. Parker.
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6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See . [Obs.]
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Challenged Cupid at the flight. Shak.
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Not a flight drawn home
E'er made that haste that they have. Beau. & Fl.
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7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
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8. a trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane, spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon.
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9. A scheduled flight{8} on a commercial airline; as, the next flight leaves at 8 o'clock.
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Coloq. Flight feathers (Zoöl.), the wing feathers of a bird, including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See . -- Coloq. To put to flight , Coloq. To turn to flight , to compel to run away; to force to flee; to rout. -- Coloq. to take a flight{9} , to make a trip in an airplane, especially a scheduled flight{9}.
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Syn. -- Pair; set. See .
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Flighted (?), a. 1. Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition. “Drowsy-flighted steeds.” Milton.
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2. (Her.) Feathered; -- said of arrows.
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Flighter (?), n. (Brewing) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight.
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Flightily (?), adv. In a flighty manner.
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Flightiness, n. The state or quality of being flighty.
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The flightness of her temper. Hawthorne.

Syn. -- Levity; giddiness; volatility; lightness; wildness; eccentricity. See .
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Flight-shot (?), n. The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. Evelyn.
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Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. Sir W. Scott.
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Flighty (?), a. 1. Fleeting; swift; transient.
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The flighty purpose never is o'ertook,
Unless the deed go with it. Shak.
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2. Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious.
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Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. Coleridge.
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A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. J. S. Harford.
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Flimflam (?), n. [Cf. .] A freak; a trick; a lie. Beau. & Fl.
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Flimsily (?), adv. In a flimsy manner.
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Flimsiness, n. The state or quality of being flimsy.
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Flimsy (?), a. [Compar. Flimsier (?); superl. Flimsiest.] [Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf. .] Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection.
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Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. Pope.
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All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. Sheridan.

Syn. -- Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
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Flimsy, n. 1. Thin or transfer paper.
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2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]
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Flinch (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flinched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinching.] [Prob. fr. OE. flecchen to waver, give way, F. fléchir, fr. L. flectere to bend; but prob. influenced by E. blench. Cf. .] 1. To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat.
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A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining. Locke.
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2. (Croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
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Flinch, n. The act of flinching.
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Flincher (?), n. One who flinches or fails.
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Flinchingly, adv. In a flinching manner.
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Flindermouse (?), n.[OE. vlindre moth (cf. D. vlinder butterfly) + E. mouse. Cf. , .] (Zoöl.) A bat; a flittermouse.
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Flinders (?), n. pl. [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh. akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.] Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
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The tough ash spear, so stout and true,
Into a thousand flinders flew. Sir W. Scott.
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Flindersia n. A small genus of Australian timber trees.
Syn. -- genus Flindersia.
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flindosa, flindosy n. A tall Australian timber tree (Flindersia australis) yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc.
Syn. -- native beech, flindosy, Flindersia australis.
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Fling (flĭng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung (flŭng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen, flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. flänga to romp, Dan. flenge to slash.] 1. To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.
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'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings. Dryden.
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He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. Dryden.
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I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. Addison.
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2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
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The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. Milton.
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Every beam new transient colors flings. Pope.
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3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.
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His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him. Walpole.
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