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Flag (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Flagged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging (?) .] [Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker , Flag an ensign.] 1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. T. Moore.

2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag ; the streugth flags .

The pleasures of the town begin to flag . Swift.

Syn. -- To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.

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Flag (?) , v. t. 1. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings .

prior.

2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.

Nothing so flags the spirits. Echard.

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Flag , n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge , Sw. flagg , Dan. flag , D. vlag . See Flag to hang loose.] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.

2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag ; a military or a naval flag .

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc. (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks. (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.

Black flag . See under Black . -- Flag captain , Flag leutenant , etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer. -- Flag officer , the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. -- Flag of truse , a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile. -- Flag share , the flag officer's share of prize money. -- Flag station (Railroad) , a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved. -- National flag , a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned. -- Red flag , a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists. -- To dip, the flag , to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; -- done as a mark of respect. -- To hang out the white flag , to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag. -- To hang the flag half-mast high &or; half-staff , to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning. -- To strike, &or; lower , the flag , to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender. -- Yellow flag , the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.

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Flag , v. t. [From Flag an ensign.] 1. To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train .

2. To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance .

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Flag , n. [From Flag to hang loose, to bend down.] (Bot.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus .

Cooper's flag , the cat-tail ( Typha latifolia ), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. -- Corn flag . See under 2d Corn . -- Flag broom , a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. -- Flag root , the root of the sweet flag. -- Sweet flag . See Calamus , n. , 2.

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Flag , v. t. To furnish or deck out with flags.

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Flag , n. [Icel. flaga , cf. Icel. flag spot where a turf has been cut out, and E. flake layer, scale. Cf. Floe .] 1. A flat stone used for paving.

Woodward.

2. (Geol.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

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Flag , v. t. To lay with flags of flat stones.

The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble. Sandys.

Flagellant <Xpage=565>

Flag"el*lant (?) , n. [L. flagellans , p.p. of flagellare : cf.F. flagellant . See Flagellate .] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant .

Flagellata <Xpage=565>

Flag`el*la"ta (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr.L. flagellatus , p. p . See Flagellate , v. t. ] (Zo\'94l.) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria , and Monad .

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Flag"el*late (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flagellated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flagellating (?) .] [L. flagellatus , p.p. of flagellare to scoure, fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum whip, scoure; cf. fligere to strike. Cf. Flall .] To whip; to scourge; to flog.

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Fla*gel"late (?) , a. 1. Flagelliform.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.

Flagellation <Xpage=565>

Flag`el*la"tion (?) , n. [L. flagellatio : cf. F. flagellation .] A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging.

Garth.

Flagellator <Xpage=565>

Flag"el*la`tor (?) , n. One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges.

Flagelliform <Xpage=565>

Fla*gel"li*form (?) , a. [L. flagellum a whip + -form .] Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.

Flagellum <Xpage=565>

Fla*gel"lum (?) , n. ; pl. E. Flagellums (#) , L. Flagella (#) . [L., a whip. See Flagellate , v. t. ] 1. (Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata . (b) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail. (c) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antenn\'91 and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped .

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Flageolet <Xpage=566>

Flag"eo*let` (?) , n. [F. flageolet , dim. of OF. flaj<?/l (as if fr. a LL. flautio ; us ), of fla\'81te , flahute , F. fl<?/te . See Flute .] (Mus.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.

Flageolet tones (Mus.) , the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments.

Flagginess <Xpage=566>

Flag"gi*ness (?) , n. The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness.

Johnson.

Flagging <Xpage=566>

Flag"ging (?) , n. A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.

Flagging <Xpage=566>

Flag"ging , a. Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. -- Flag"ging*ly , adv.

Flaggy <Xpage=566>

Flag"gy (?) , a. 1. Weak; flexible; limber. " Flaggy wings."

Spenser.

2. Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple . [Obs.]

Bacon.

Flaggy <Xpage=566>

Flag"gy , a. [From 5th Flag .] Abounding with the plant called flag ; as, a flaggy marsh .

Flagitate <Xpage=566>

Flag"i*tate (?) , v. t. [L. flagitatus , p.p. of flagitare to demand. See Flagitious .] To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion. [Archaic]

Carcyle.

Flagitation <Xpage=566>

Flag`i*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. flagitatio .] Importunity; urgent demand. [Archaic]

Carlyle.

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Fla*gi"tious (?) , a. [L. flagitiosus , fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant .] 1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.

Debauched principles and flagitious practices. I. Taylor.

2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons.

Pope.

3. Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times .

Pope.

Syn. -- Atrocious; villainous; flagrant; heinous; corrupt; profligate; abandoned. See Atracious . -- Fla*gi"tious*ly , adv. -- Fla*gi"tious*ness , n.

A sentence so flagitiously unjust. Macaulay.

Flagman <Xpage=566>

Flag"man (?) , n. ; pl. Flagmen (<?/) . One who makes signals with a flag.

Flagon <Xpage=566>

Flag"on (?) , n. [F. flacon , for flascon , fr. OF. flasche , from LL. flasco . See Flask .] A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass.

A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale. Macaulay.

Flagrance <Xpage=566>

Fla"grance (?) , n. Flagrancy.

Bp. Hall.

Flagrancy <Xpage=566>

Fla"gran*cy (?) , n. ; pl. Flagrancies (#) . [L. flagrantia a burning. See Flagrant .] 1. A burning; great heat; inflammation. [Obs.]

Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. Bacon.

2. The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess.

Steele.

Flagrant <Xpage=566>

Fla"grant (?) , a. [L. flagrans , -antis , p.pr. of flagrate to burn, akin to Gr. <?/: cf. F. flagrant . Cf. Flame , Phlox .] 1. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.

The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back. Prior.

A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey.

Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker.

2. Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging.

A war the most powerful of the native tribes was flagrant . Palfrey.

3. Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked.

Syn. -- Atrocious; flagitious; glaring. See Atrocious .

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Fla"grant*ly , adv. In a flagrant manner.

Flagrate <Xpage=566>

Fla"grate (?) , v. t. [L. flagrare , flagratum , v.i. & t., to burn.] To burn. [Obs.]

Greenhill.

Flagration <Xpage=566>

Fla*gra"tion (?) , n. A conflagration. [Obs.]

Flagship <Xpage=566>

Flag"ship` (?) , n. (Naut.) The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.

Flagstaff <Xpage=566>

Flag"staff` (?) , n. ; pl. -staves (<?/) or -staffs (<?/) . A staff on which a flag is hoisted.

Flagstone <Xpage=566>

Flag"stone` (?) , n. A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag , a stone.

Flagworm <Xpage=566>

Flag"worm` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

Flail <Xpage=566>

Flail (?) , n. [L. flagellum whip, scourge, in LL., a threshing flail: cf. OF. flael , flaiel , F. fl\'82au . See Flagellum .] 1. An 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, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely.

His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn. Milton.

2. An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded.

Fairholt.

No citizen thought himself safe unless he carried under his coat a small flail , loaded with lead, to brain the Popish assassins. Macaulay.

Flaily <Xpage=566>

Flail"y (?) , a. Acting like a flail. [Obs.]

Vicars.

Flain <Xpage=566>

Flain (?) , obs. p. p. of Flay .

Chaucer.

Flake <Xpage=566>

Flake (?) , n. [Cf. Icel. flaki , fleki , Dan. flage , D. vlaak .] 1. A paling; a hurdle. [prov. Eng.]

2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.

You shall also, after they be ripe, neither suffer them to have straw nor fern under them, but lay them either upon some smooth table, boards, or flakes of wands, and they will last the longer. English Husbandman.

3. (Naut.) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.

Flake <Xpage=566>

Flake (?) , n. [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off, split, flagna to flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake plate, Dan. flage snowflake. Cf. Flag a flat stone.] 1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish . "Lottle flakes of scurf."

Addison.

Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. Evelyn.

2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.

With flakes of ruddy fire. Somerville.

3. (Bot.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes. <-- 4. a flaky{2} person -->

Flake knife (Arch\'91ol.) , a cutting instrument used by savage tribes, made of a flake or chip of hard stone. Tylor. -- Flake stand , the cooling tub or vessel of a still worm. Knight. -- Flake white . (Paint.) (a) The purest white lead, in the form of flakes or scales. (b) The trisnitrate of bismuth. Ure.

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Flake , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flaked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaking .] To form into flakes.

Pope.

Flake <Xpage=566>

Flake , v. i. To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.

Flakiness <Xpage=566>

Flak"i*ness (?) , n. The state of being flaky.

Flaky <Xpage=566>

Flak"y (?) , a. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. <--2. (of persons) = prone to strange behavior; (of actions) odd or unconventional = offbeat, whacky -->

What showers of mortal hail, what flaky fires! Watts.

A flaky weight of winter's purest snows. Wordsworth.

Flam <Xpage=566>

Flam (?) , n. [Cf. AS. fle\'a0m , fl<?/m , floght. &root; 84 . Cf. Flimflam .] A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. [Obs.]

A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. South.

Flam <Xpage=566>

Flam , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flammed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flamming .] To deceive with a falsehood. [Obs.]

God is not to be flammed off with lies. South.

Flambeau <Xpage=566>

Flam"beau (?) ; n. ; pl. Flambeaux (#) or Flambeaus (#) . [F., fr. OF. flambe flame, for flamble , from L. flammula a little flame, dim. of flamma flame. See Flame .] A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch.

Flamboyant <Xpage=566>

Flam*boy"ant (?) , a. [F.] (Arch.) Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.

Flamboyer <Xpage=566>

Flam*boy"er (?) , n. [F. flamboyer to be bright.] (Bot.) A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of C\'91salpinia .

Flame <Xpage=566>

Flame (?) , n. [OE. flame , flaume , flaumbe , OF. flame , flambe , F. flamme , fr. L. flamma , fr. flamma , fr. flagrare to burn. See Flagrant , and cf. Flamneau , Flamingo .] 1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. "In a flame of zeal severe."

Milton.

Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow. Pope.

Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met congenial, mingling flame with flame . Pope.

3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love.

Coleridge.

4. A person beloved; a sweetheart.

Thackeray.

Syn. -- Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze .

Flame bridge , a bridge wall. See Bridge , n. , 5. -- Flame color , brilliant orange or yellow. B. Jonson. -- Flame engine , an early name for the gas engine. -- Flame manometer , an instrument, invented by Koenig, to obtain graphic representation of the action of the human vocal organs. See Manometer . -- Flame reaction (Chem.) , a method of testing for the presence of certain elements by the characteristic color imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow, potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green, etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis , under Spectrum . -- Flame tree (Bot.) , a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.

Flame <Xpage=566>

Flame , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Flamed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaming .] [OE. flamen , flaumben , F. flamber , OF. also, flamer . See Flame , n. ] 1. To burn with a flame or blaze; 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.