English Dictionary: felicitousness | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Ficus \[d8]Fi"cus\, n. [L., a fig.] A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which ({F. Carica}) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree. Note: {Ficus Indica} is the banyan tree; {F. religiosa}, the peepul tree; {F. elastica}, the India-rubber tree. | |
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Falcade \Fal*cade"\ (f[acr]l*k[amac]d"), n. [F., ultimately fr. L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.] (Man.) The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets. --Harris. | |
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Falcate \Fal"cate\, Falcated \Fal"ca*ted\, a. [L. falcatus, fr. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.] Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed. | |
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Falcate \Fal"cate\, Falcated \Fal"ca*ted\, a. [L. falcatus, fr. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.] Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed. | |
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Falcation \Fal*ca"tion\, n. The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Falcidian \Fal*cid"i*an\, a. [L. Falcidius.] Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune. {Falcidian law} (Civil Law), a law by which a testator was obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate to the heir. --Burrill. | |
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Falcidian \Fal*cid"i*an\, a. [L. Falcidius.] Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune. {Falcidian law} (Civil Law), a law by which a testator was obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate to the heir. --Burrill. | |
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Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European singing bird ({Saxicola [oe]nanthe}). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also {checkbird}, {chickell}, {dykehopper}, {fallow chat}, {fallow finch}, {stonechat}, and {whitetail}. | |
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Fallow \Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel. f[94]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[ucr] white, L. pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr. palita. Cf. {Pale}, {Favel}, a., {Favor}.] 1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. --Shak. 2. [Cf. {Fallow}, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. {Fallow chat}, {Fallow finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small European bird, the wheatear ({Saxicola [d2]nanthe}). See {Wheatear}. | |
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Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European singing bird ({Saxicola [oe]nanthe}). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also {checkbird}, {chickell}, {dykehopper}, {fallow chat}, {fallow finch}, {stonechat}, and {whitetail}. | |
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Fallow \Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel. f[94]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[ucr] white, L. pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr. palita. Cf. {Pale}, {Favel}, a., {Favor}.] 1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. --Shak. 2. [Cf. {Fallow}, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. {Fallow chat}, {Fallow finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small European bird, the wheatear ({Saxicola [d2]nanthe}). See {Wheatear}. | |
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Fallowist \Fal"low*ist\, n. One who favors the practice of fallowing land. [R.] --Sinclair. | |
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False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L. falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F. faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.] 1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness. 2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises. I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton. 3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement. 4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. --Shak. 5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar. Whose false foundation waves have swept away. --Spenser. 6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental. 7. (Mus.) Not in tune. {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction. {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing. {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence. {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus. {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane. {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry. {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction. {False galena}. See {Blende}. {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody. {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance. {False key}, a picklock. {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}. {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane. {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo, destination, ect., for the purpose of deceiving. {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments. {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another. {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another. {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it. {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp. {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution. {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man. {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. --Oxford Gloss. {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}. {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack. {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}. {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above. {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing}, under {Bastard}. {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc. | |
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False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L. falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F. faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.] 1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness. 2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises. I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton. 3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement. 4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. --Shak. 5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar. Whose false foundation waves have swept away. --Spenser. 6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental. 7. (Mus.) Not in tune. {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction. {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing. {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence. {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus. {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane. {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry. {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction. {False galena}. See {Blende}. {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody. {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance. {False key}, a picklock. {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}. {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane. {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo, destination, ect., for the purpose of deceiving. {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments. {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another. {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another. {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it. {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp. {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution. {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man. {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. --Oxford Gloss. {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}. {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack. {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}. {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above. {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing}, under {Bastard}. {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc. | |
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False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L. falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F. faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.] 1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness. 2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises. I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton. 3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement. 4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. --Shak. 5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar. Whose false foundation waves have swept away. --Spenser. 6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental. 7. (Mus.) Not in tune. {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction. {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing. {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence. {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus. {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane. {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry. {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction. {False galena}. See {Blende}. {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody. {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance. {False key}, a picklock. {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}. {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane. {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo, destination, ect., for the purpose of deceiving. {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments. {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another. {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another. {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it. {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp. {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution. {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man. {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. --Oxford Gloss. {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}. {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack. {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}. {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above. {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing}, under {Bastard}. {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc. | |
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Topaz \To"paz\, n. [OE. topas, F. topaze, L. topazos, or topazion, a kind of precious stone, Gr. to`pazos, topa`zion; possibly akin to Skr. tap to glow (cf. {Tepid}). According to some, the name is from Topazos, a small island in the Red Sea, where the Romans obtained a stone which they called by this name, but which is the chrysolite of the moderns.] 1. (Min.) A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem. 2. (Zo[94]l.)Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the {Topaza}, of South America and the West Indies. Note: The two tail feathers next to the central ones are much longer that the rest, curved, and crossed. The Throat is metallic yellowish-green, with a tint like topaz in the center, the belly is bright crimson, the back bright red. Called also {topaz hummer}. {False topaz}. (Min.) See the Note under {Quartz}. | |
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Falsehood \False"hood\, n. [False + -hood] 1. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity. Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it. --Fuller. 2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie. 3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness. Betrayed by falsehood of his guard. --Shak. 4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture. For his molten image is falsehood. --Jer. x. 14. No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper. --Milton. Syn: Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See {Falsity}. | |
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Falsetto \Fal*set"to\, n.; pl. {Falsettos}. [It. falsetto, dim. fr. L. falsus. See {False}.] A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See {Head voice}, under {Voice}. | |
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Falsetto \Fal*set"to\, n.; pl. {Falsettos}. [It. falsetto, dim. fr. L. falsus. See {False}.] A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See {Head voice}, under {Voice}. | |
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Falsity \Fal"si*ty\, n.;pl. {Falsities}. [L. falsitas: cf. F. fausset[82], OF. also, falsit[82]. See {False}, a.] 1. The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth. Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things. --South. 2. That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion. Men often swallow falsities for truths. --Sir T. Brown. Syn: Falsehood; lie; deceit. Usage: {Falsity}, {Falsehood}, {Lie}. Falsity denotes the state or quality of being false. A falsehood is a false declaration designedly made. A lie is a gross, unblushing falsehood. The falsity of a person's assertion may be proved by the evidence of others and thus the charge of falsehood be fastened upon him. | |
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Falsity \Fal"si*ty\, n.;pl. {Falsities}. [L. falsitas: cf. F. fausset[82], OF. also, falsit[82]. See {False}, a.] 1. The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth. Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things. --South. 2. That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion. Men often swallow falsities for truths. --Sir T. Brown. Syn: Falsehood; lie; deceit. Usage: {Falsity}, {Falsehood}, {Lie}. Falsity denotes the state or quality of being false. A falsehood is a false declaration designedly made. A lie is a gross, unblushing falsehood. The falsity of a person's assertion may be proved by the evidence of others and thus the charge of falsehood be fastened upon him. | |
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Felicitate \Fe*lic"i*tate\, a. [L. felicitatus, p. p. of felicitare to felicitate, fr. felix, -icis, happy. See {felicity}.] Made very happy. [Archaic] I am alone felicitate In your dear highness' love. --Shak. | |
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Felicitate \Fe*lic"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felicitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {felicitating}.] [Cf. F. f[82]liciter.] 1. To make very happy; to delight. What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit. --I. Watts. 2. To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate. Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom. --W. Howitt. Syn: See {Congratulate}. | |
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Felicitate \Fe*lic"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felicitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {felicitating}.] [Cf. F. f[82]liciter.] 1. To make very happy; to delight. What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit. --I. Watts. 2. To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate. Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom. --W. Howitt. Syn: See {Congratulate}. | |
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Felicitate \Fe*lic"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felicitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {felicitating}.] [Cf. F. f[82]liciter.] 1. To make very happy; to delight. What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit. --I. Watts. 2. To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate. Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom. --W. Howitt. Syn: See {Congratulate}. | |
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Felicitation \Fe*lic`i*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. f[82]licitation.] The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation. | |
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Felicity \Fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Felicities}. [OE. felicite, F. f[82]licit[82], fr. L. felicitas, fr. felix, -icis, happy, fruitful; akin to fetus.] 1. The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good. Our own felicity we make or find. --Johnson. Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity. --Book of Common Prayer. 2. That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event; prosperity; blessing. the felicities of her wonderful reign. --Atterbury. 3. A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in painting portraits, or in writing or talking. [bd]Felicity of expression.[b8] --Bp. Warburton. Syn: Happiness; bliss; beatitude; blessedness; blissfulness. See {Happiness}. | |
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Felicitous \Fe*lic"i*tous\, a. Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate. Felicitous words and images. --M. Arnold. -- {Fe*lic"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Fe*lic"i*tous*ness}, n. | |
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Felicitous \Fe*lic"i*tous\, a. Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate. Felicitous words and images. --M. Arnold. -- {Fe*lic"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Fe*lic"i*tous*ness}, n. | |
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Felicitous \Fe*lic"i*tous\, a. Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate. Felicitous words and images. --M. Arnold. -- {Fe*lic"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Fe*lic"i*tous*ness}, n. | |
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Felicity \Fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Felicities}. [OE. felicite, F. f[82]licit[82], fr. L. felicitas, fr. felix, -icis, happy, fruitful; akin to fetus.] 1. The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good. Our own felicity we make or find. --Johnson. Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity. --Book of Common Prayer. 2. That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event; prosperity; blessing. the felicities of her wonderful reign. --Atterbury. 3. A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in painting portraits, or in writing or talking. [bd]Felicity of expression.[b8] --Bp. Warburton. Syn: Happiness; bliss; beatitude; blessedness; blissfulness. See {Happiness}. | |
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{To run wild}, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or untamed; to live or grow without culture or training. {To sow one's wild oats}. See under {Oat}. {Wild allspice}. (Bot.), spicewood. {Wild balsam apple} (Bot.), an American climbing cucurbitaceous plant ({Echinocystis lobata}). {Wild basil} (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America. {Wild bean} (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants, mostly species of {Phaseolus} and {Apios}. {Wild bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest in a hollow tree or among rocks. {Wild bergamot}. (Bot.) See under {Bergamot}. {Wild boar} (Zo[94]l.), the European wild hog ({Sus scrofa}), from which the common domesticated swine is descended. {Wild brier} (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See {Brier}. {Wild bugloss} (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant ({Lycopsis arvensis}) with small blue flowers. {Wild camomile} (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite genus {Matricaria}, much resembling camomile. {Wild cat}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European carnivore ({Felis catus}) somewhat resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and the like. (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx. (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce. {Wild celery}. (Bot.) See {Tape grass}, under {Tape}. {Wild cherry}. (Bot.) (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild red cherry is {Prunus Pennsylvanica}. The wild black cherry is {P. serotina}, the wood of which is much used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a compact texture. (b) The fruit of various species of {Prunus}. {Wild cinnamon}. See the Note under {Canella}. {Wild comfrey} (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly leaves and small blue flowers. {Wild cumin} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant ({Lag[oe]cia cuminoides}) native in the countries about the Mediterranean. {Wild drake} (Zo[94]l.) the mallard. {Wild elder} (Bot.), an American plant ({Aralia hispida}) of the Ginseng family. {Wild fowl} (Zo[94]l.) any wild bird, especially any of those considered as game birds. {Wild goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag. See {Graylag}, and {Bean goose}, under {Bean}. {Wild goose chase}, the pursuit of something unattainable, or of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose. --Shak. {Wild honey}, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in trees, rocks, the like. {Wild hyacinth}. (Bot.) See {Hyacinth}, 1 (b) . {Wild Irishman} (Bot.), a thorny bush ({Discaria Toumatou}) of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the natives use the spines in tattooing. {Wild land}. (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it unfit for cultivation. (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated. {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) See under {Licorice}. {Wild mammee} (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a tropical American tree ({Rheedia lateriflora}); -- so called in the West Indies. {Wild marjoram} (Bot.), a labiate plant ({Origanum vulgare}) much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic. {Wild oat}. (Bot.) (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum avenaceum}). (b) See {Wild oats}, under {Oat}. {Wild pieplant} (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid, juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden rhubarb. {Wild pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The rock dove. (b) The passenger pigeon. {Wild pink} (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of catchfly. {Wild plantain} (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb ({Heliconia Bihai}), much resembling the banana. Its leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies as coverings for packages of merchandise. {Wild plum}. (Bot.) (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation. (b) The South African prune. See under {Prune}. {Wild rice}. (Bot.) See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}. {Wild rosemary} (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda polifolia}. See {Marsh rosemary}, under {Rosemary}. {Wild sage}. (Bot.) See {Sagebrush}. {Wild sarsaparilla} (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf. {Wild sensitive plant} (Bot.), either one of two annual leguminous herbs ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}, and {C. nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly when the plant is disturbed. {Wild service}.(Bot.) See {Sorb}. {Wild Spaniard} (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous plants of the genus {Aciphylla}, natives of New Zealand. The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the plants form an impenetrable thicket. {Wild turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See 2d {Turkey}. | |
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Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel. k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}. The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat} is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}. Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}. Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat. 2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. --Totten. 3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. 4. An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See {Tipcat}. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. 5. A cat o' nine tails. See below. {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}. {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}. {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious. [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8] --Coleridge. {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back. {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}. {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}. | |
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Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel. k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}. The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat} is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}. Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}. Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat. 2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. --Totten. 3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. 4. An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See {Tipcat}. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. 5. A cat o' nine tails. See below. {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}. {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}. {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious. [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8] --Coleridge. {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back. {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}. {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}. | |
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Margay \Mar"gay\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American wild cat ({Felis tigrina}), ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also {long-tailed cat}. | |
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Tigrine \Ti"grine\, a. [L. tigrinus, fr. tigris a tiger.] 1. Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat ({Felis tigrina}) of South America. | |
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Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris; probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri an arrow, Per. t[c6]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v.t.; -- probably so named from its quickness.] 1. A very large and powerful carnivore ({Felis tigris}) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also {royal tiger}, and {Bengal tiger}. 2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person. As for heinous tiger, Tamora. --Shak. 3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. --Dickens. 4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.] 5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar. {American tiger}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The puma. (b) The jaguar. {Clouded tiger} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome striped and spotted carnivore ({Felis macrocelis} or {F. marmorata}) native of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth. Called also {tortoise-shell tiger}. {Mexican tiger} (Zo[94]l.), the jaguar. {Tiger beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of active carnivorous beetles of the family {Cicindelid[91]}. They usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly. {Tiger bittern}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sun bittern}, under {Sun}. {Tiger cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wild cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes somewhat resembling those of the tiger. {Tiger flower} (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus {Tigridia} (as {T. conchiflora}, {T. grandiflora}, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger. {Tiger grass} (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm ({Cham[91]rops Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by the natives. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). {Tiger lily}. (Bot.) See under {Lily}. {Tiger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of moths of the family {Arctiad[91]} which are striped or barred with black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The larv[91] are called {woolly bears}. {Tiger shark} (Zo[94]l.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo maculatus [or] tigrinus}) more or less barred or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Called also {zebra shark}. {Tiger shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large and conspicuously spotted cowrie ({Cypr[91]a tigris}); -- so called from its fancied resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also {tiger cowrie}. {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena ({Hy[91]na crocuta}). {Tiger wood}, the variegated heartwood of a tree ({Mach[91]rium Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana. | |
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d8Felo-de-se \[d8]Fe"lo-de-se`\, n.; pl. {Felos-de-se}. [LL. felo, E. felon + de of, concerning + se self.] (Law) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide. --Burrill. | |
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Felsite \Fel"site\, n. [Cf. {Feldspar}.] (Min.) A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz. | |
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Felsitic \Fel*sit"ic\, a. relating to, composed of, or containing, felsite. | |
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Felstone \Fel"stone`\, n. [From G. feldstein, in analogy with E. felspar.] (Min.) See {Felsite}. | |
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Filch \Filch\ (f[icr]lch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filched} (f[icr]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Filching}.] [Cf. AS. feolan to stick to, OHG. felhan, felahan, to hide, Icel. fela, Goth. filhan to hide, bury, Prov. E. feal to hide slyly, OE. felen.] To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer. Fain would they filch that little food away. --Dryden. But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. --Shak. | |
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File \File\, n. [AS. fe[a2]l; akin to D. viji, OHG. f[c6]la, f[c6]hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. [?][?]l, Russ. pila, and Skr. pi[?] to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.] 1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc. Note: A file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed, while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the pyramidal end of a triangular punch. 2. Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively. Mock the nice touches of the critic's file. --Akenside. 3. A shrewd or artful person. [Slang] --Fielding. Will is an old file in spite of his smooth face. --Thackeray. {Bastard file}, {Cross file}, etc. See under {Bastard}, {Cross}, etc. {Cross-cut file}, a file having two sets of teeth crossing obliquely. {File blank}, a steel blank shaped and ground ready for cutting to form a file. {File cutter}, a maker of files. {Second-cut file}, a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard. {Single-cut file}, a file having only one set of parallel teeth; a float. {Smooth file}, a file having teeth so fine as to make an almost smooth surface. | |
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Filicide \Fil"i*cide\, n. [L. filius son, filia daughter + caedere to kill.] The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder. | |
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Filicoid \Fil"i*coid\, a. [L. filix, -icis, fern + -oid: cf. F. filicoi[8b]de.] (Bot.) Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction. | |
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Filicoid \Fil"i*coid\, n. (Bot.) A fernlike plant. --Lindley. | |
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Fillister \Fil"lis*ter\, n. 1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty. --Knight. 2. A plane for making a rabbet. {Fillister screw had}, a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top. | |
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Fillister \Fil"lis*ter\, n. 1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty. --Knight. 2. A plane for making a rabbet. {Fillister screw had}, a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top. | |
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Flaccid \Flac"cid\, a. [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.] Yielding 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 flacced. --I. Taylor. -- {Flac"cid*ly}, adv. -- {Flac"cid*ness}, n. | |
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Flaccidity \Flac*cid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. flaccidit[82].] The state of being flaccid. | |
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Flaccid \Flac"cid\, a. [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.] Yielding 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 flacced. --I. Taylor. -- {Flac"cid*ly}, adv. -- {Flac"cid*ness}, n. | |
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Flaccid \Flac"cid\, a. [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.] Yielding 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 flacced. --I. Taylor. -- {Flac"cid*ly}, adv. -- {Flac"cid*ness}, n. | |
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Flacket \Flack"et\, n. [OF. flasquet little flask, dim. of flasque a flask.] A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon. | |
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Flag \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[94]l.) (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 \Flag\ (fl[acr]g), 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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Flagitate \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. | |
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Flagitation \Flag`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. flagitatio.] Importunity; urgent demand. [Archaic] --Carlyle. | |
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Flagitious \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 {Atrocious}. -- {Fla*gi"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Fla*gi"tious*ness}, n. A sentence so flagitiously unjust. --Macaulay. | |
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Flagitious \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 {Atrocious}. -- {Fla*gi"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Fla*gi"tious*ness}, n. A sentence so flagitiously unjust. --Macaulay. | |
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Flagitious \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 {Atrocious}. -- {Fla*gi"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Fla*gi"tious*ness}, n. A sentence so flagitiously unjust. --Macaulay. | |
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Flagstaff \Flag"staff`\, n.; pl. {-staves}or {-staffs}. A staff on which a flag is hoisted. | |
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Flagstone \Flag"stone`\, n. A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See {Flag}, a stone. | |
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White \White\, n. 1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. Finely attired in a of white. --Shak. 2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye. 3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot. 'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white. --Shak. 4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men. 5. A white pigment; as, Venice white. 6. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to {Pieris}, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See {Cabbage butterfly}, under {Cabbage}. {Black and white}. See under {Black}. {Flake white}, {Paris white}, etc. See under {Flack}, {Paris}, etc. {White of a seed} (Bot.), the albumen. See {Albumen}, 2. {White of egg}, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar, with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it contains. --Parr. {White of the eye} (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the eye surrounding the transparent cornea. | |
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{Flake knife} (Arch[91]ol.), 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 \Flake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flaking}.] To form into flakes. --Pope. | |
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Flash \Flash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flashing}.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.] 1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. 2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash. Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unnumbered struggles. --Talfourd. The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind. --M. Arnold. A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in act. --Tennyson. 3. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily. Every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other. --Shak. {To flash in the pan}, to fail of success. [Colloq.] See under {Flash}, a burst of light. --Bartlett. Syn: {Flash}, {Glitter}, {Gleam}, {Glisten}, {Glister}. Usage: Flash differs from glitter and gleam, denoting a flood or wide extent of light. The latter words may express the issuing of light from a small object, or from a pencil of rays. Flash differs from other words, also, in denoting suddenness of appearance and disappearance. Flashing differs from exploding or disploding in not being accompanied with a loud report. To glisten, or glister, is to shine with a soft and fitful luster, as eyes suffused with tears, or flowers wet with dew. | |
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Flash \Flash\, v. t. 1. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light. The chariot of paternal Deity, Flashing thick flames. --Milton. 2. To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind. 3. (Glass Making) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See {Flashing}, n., 3 (b) . 4. To trick up in a showy manner. Limning and flashing it with various dyes. --A. Brewer. 5. [Perh. due to confusion between flash of light and plash, splash.] To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash. [Obs.] He rudely flashed the waves about. --Spenser. {Flashed glass}. See {Flashing}, n., 3. | |
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Flasket \Flask"et\, n. [Cf. W. fflasged a vessel of straw or wickerwork, fflasg flask, basket, and E. flask.] 1. A long, shallow basket, with two handles. [Eng.] In which they gathered flowers to fill their flasket. --Spenser. 2. A small flask. 3. A vessel in which viands are served. [Obs.] --Pope. | |
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Flax \Flax\, n. [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG. flahs, G. flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m twist, L. plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. [?] to weave, plait. See {Ply}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Linum}, esp. the {L. usitatissimum}, which has 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, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed. 2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing. {Earth flax} (Min.), amianthus. {Flax brake}, a machine for removing the woody portion of flax from the fibrous. {Flax comb}, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle. {Flax cotton}, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in bicarbinate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared for bleaching and spinning like cotton. --Knight. {Flax dresser}, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares it for the spinner. {Flax mill}, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen manufactured. {Flax puller}, a machine for pulling flax plants in the field. {Flax wench}. (a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.] (b) A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak. {Mountain flax} (Min.), amianthus. {New Zealand flax} (Bot.) See {Flax-plant}. | |
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Flax \Flax\, n. [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG. flahs, G. flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m twist, L. plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. [?] to weave, plait. See {Ply}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Linum}, esp. the {L. usitatissimum}, which has 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, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed. 2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing. {Earth flax} (Min.), amianthus. {Flax brake}, a machine for removing the woody portion of flax from the fibrous. {Flax comb}, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle. {Flax cotton}, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in bicarbinate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared for bleaching and spinning like cotton. --Knight. {Flax dresser}, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares it for the spinner. {Flax mill}, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen manufactured. {Flax puller}, a machine for pulling flax plants in the field. {Flax wench}. (a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.] (b) A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak. {Mountain flax} (Min.), amianthus. {New Zealand flax} (Bot.) See {Flax-plant}. | |
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Flaxseed \Flax"seed`\, n. The seed of the flax; linseed. | |
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Toadflax \Toad"flax`\, n. (Bot.) An herb ({Linaria vulgaris}) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also {butter and eggs}, {flaxweed}, and {ramsted}. | |
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Flaxweed \Flax"weed`\, n. (Bot.) See {Toadflax}. | |
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Toadflax \Toad"flax`\, n. (Bot.) An herb ({Linaria vulgaris}) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also {butter and eggs}, {flaxweed}, and {ramsted}. | |
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Flaxweed \Flax"weed`\, n. (Bot.) See {Toadflax}. | |
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Fleck \Fleck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flecking}.] [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fl[84]cka, D. vlekken, vlakken, G. flecken. See {Fleck}, n.] To 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. | |
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Flection \Flec"tion\, n. [See {Flexion}.] 1. The act of bending, or state of being bent. 2. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection. | |
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Flectional \Flec"tion*al\, a. Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection. A flectional word is a phrase in the bud. --Earle. | |
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Flector \Flec"tor\, n. A flexor. | |
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Fleece \Fleece\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fleeced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fleecing}.] 1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool. 2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions. Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them, the people were finely fleeced. --Fuller. 3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] --Thomson. | |
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Fleeced \Fleeced\, a. 1. Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced. --Spenser. 2. Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed. | |
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, but contains in adition a large number of crystalline bodies, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in phosphate of potash. 2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. --Chaucer. 3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person. As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable. --Shak. 4. The human eace; mankind; humanity. All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. --Gen. vi. 12. 5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. --Cowper. (b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences. 6. Kindred; stock; race. He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii. 27. 7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten. Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound. {After the flesh}, after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. [bd]Ye judge after the flesh.[b8] --John viii. 15. {An arm of flesh}, human strength or aid. {Flesh and blood}. See under {Blood}. {Flesh broth}, broth made by boiling flesh in water. {Flesh fly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of flies whose larv[91] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also {meat fly}, {carrion fly}, and {blowfly}. See {Blowly}. {Flesh meat}, animal food. --Swift. {Flesh side}, the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; -- opposed to grain side. {Flesh tint} (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body. {Flesh worm} (Zo[94]l.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See {Flesh fly} (above). {Proud flesh}. See under {Proud}. {To be one flesh}, to be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24. | |
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Flesh \Flesh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fleshed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fleshing}.] 1. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time. Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. --Shak. The wild dog Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. --Shak. 2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. [bd]Fleshed in triumphs.[b8] --Glanvill. Old soldiers Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. --Beau. & Fl. 3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides. | |
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Fleshed \Fleshed\, a. 1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh. 2. Glutted; satiated; initiated. Fleshed with slaughter. --Dryden. | |
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Fleshhood \Flesh"hood\, n. The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation. [R.] Thou, who hast thyself Endured this fleshhood. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Flex \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. {Flinch}.] To bend; as, to flex the arm. | |
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Flick \Flick\ (fl[icr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flicked} (fl[icr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flicking}.] [Cf. Flicker.] 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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Flight \Flight\ (fl[imac]t), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fle[a2]gan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fle[a2]n to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. [root]84. See {Flee}, {Fly}.] 1. The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. Like the night owl's lazy flight. --Shak. 2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure. Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. --Matt. xxiv. 20. Fain by flight to save themselves. --Shak. 3. Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa[?]ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly. Could he have kept his spirit to that flight, He had been happy. --Byron. His highest flights were indeed far below those of Taylor. --Macaulay. 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. Swift flights of angels ministrant. --Milton. Like a flight of fowl Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. --Shak. 5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. --Parker. 6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See {Shaft}. [Obs.] Challenged Cupid at the flight. --Shak. Not a flight drawn home E'er made that haste that they have. --Beau. & Fl. 7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. | |
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{Flight feathers} (Zo[94]l.), the wing feathers of a bird, including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See {Bird}. {To put to flight}, {To turn to flight}, to compel to run away; to force to flee; to rout. Syn: Pair; set. See {Pair}. | |
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Stair \Stair\, n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[?]ger, from [?]igan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to ascend.] 1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building. 2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only. [bd]I a winding stair found.[b8] --Chaucer's Dream. {Below stairs}, in the basement or lower part of a house, where the servants are. {Flight of stairs}, the stairs which make the whole ascent of a story. {Pair of stairs}, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See {Pair}, n., 1. {Run of stars} (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of a stairway, from one platform to the next. {Stair rod}, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair carpet to its place. {Up stairs}. See {Upstairs} in the Vocabulary. | |
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Flighted \Flight"ed\, a. 1. Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition. [bd]Drowsy-flighted steeds.[b8] --Milton. 2. (Her.) Feathered; -- said of arrows. | |
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Flighter \Flight"er\, 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 \Flight"i*ly\, adv. In a flighty manner. | |
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Flightiness \Flight"i*ness\, n. The state or quality of being flighty. The flightness of her temper. --Hawthorne. Syn: Levity; giddiness; volatility; lightness; wildness; eccentricity. See {Levity}. | |
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Flight-shot \Flight"-shot`\, n. The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. --Evelyn. Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Flighty \Flight"y\, a. 1. Fleeting; swift; transient. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. --Shak. 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. Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. --Coleridge. A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. --J. S. Harford. | |
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Flix \Flix\, n. The flux; dysentery. [Obs.] --Udall. {Flix weed} (Bot.), the {Sisymbrium Sophia}, a kind of hedge mustard, formerly used as a remedy for dysentery. | |
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2. (Zo[94]l.) A scaup duck. See below. {Scaup duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus {Aythya}, or {Fuligula}. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck ({Aythya marila}, var. nearctica), called also {broadbill}, {bluebill}, {blackhead}, {flock duck}, {flocking fowl}, and {raft duck}; the lesser scaup duck ({A. affinis}), called also {little bluebill}, {river broadbill}, and {shuffler}; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({A. collaris}), called also {black jack}, {ringneck}, {ringbill}, {ringbill shuffler}, etc. See Illust.. of {Ring-necked duck}, under {Ring-necked}. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck ({A. marila}), closely resembles the American variety. | |
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Raft \Raft\, n. [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. r[be]fo, r[be]vo, a beam, rafter, Icel. r[be]f roof. Cf. {Rafter}, n.] 1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened, together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float. 2. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation. [U.S.] 3. [Perhaps akin to raff a heap.] A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] [bd]A whole raft of folks.[b8] --W. D. Howells. {Raft bridge}. (a) A bridge whose points of support are rafts. (b) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened together. {Raft duck}. [The name alludes to its swimming in dense flocks.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The bluebill, or greater scaup duck; -- called also {flock duck}. See {Scaup}. (b) The redhead. {Raft port} (Naut.), a large, square port in a vessel's side for loading or unloading timber or other bulky articles; a timber or lumber port. | |
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Flock \Flock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flocking}.] To gather in companies or crowds. Friends daily flock. --Dryden. {Flocking fowl} (Zo[94]l.), the greater scaup duck. | |
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Flog \Flog\ (fl[ocr]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flogged} (fl[ocr]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flogging} (-g[icr]ng).] [Cf. Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L. flagellare to whip. Cf. {Flagellate}.] To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows. | |
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Floss \Floss\ (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. {Floss silk}, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also {floxed silk}. {Floss thread}, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also {linen floss}, and {floss yarn}. --McElrath. | |
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Floxed silk \Floxed" silk`\ See {Floss silk}, under {Floss}. | |
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Floss \Floss\ (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. {Floss silk}, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also {floxed silk}. {Floss thread}, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also {linen floss}, and {floss yarn}. --McElrath. | |
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Floxed silk \Floxed" silk`\ See {Floss silk}, under {Floss}. | |
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Floss \Floss\ (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. {Floss silk}, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also {floxed silk}. {Floss thread}, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also {linen floss}, and {floss yarn}. --McElrath. | |
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Fluctiferous \Fluc*tif"er*ous\, a. [L. fluctus wave + -ferous.] Tending to produce waves. --Blount. | |
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Fluctisonous \Fluc*tis"o*nous\, a. [L. fluctisonus; fluctus wave + sonus sound.] Sounding like waves. | |
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Fluctuability \Fluc`tu*a*bil"i*ty\ (?; 135), n. The capacity or ability to fluctuate. [R.] --H. Walpole. | |
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Fluctuant \Fluc"tu*ant\ (?; 135), a. [L. fluctuans, p. pr. of fluctuare. See {Fluctuate}.] 1. Moving like a wave; wavering; (Med.) showing undulation or fluctuation; as, a fluctuant tumor. 2. Floating on the waves. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Fluctuate \Fluc"tu*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluctuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluctuating}.] [L. fluctuatus, p. p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See {Fluent}, and cf. {Flotilla}.] 1. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. --Blackmore. 2. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate. Syn: To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple. Usage: To {Fluctuate}, {Vacillate}, {Waver}. -- Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon. The stocks fluctuate; a man fluctuates between conflicting influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves. A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution. | |
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Fluctuate \Fluc"tu*ate\, v. t. To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion. [R.] And fluctuate all the still perfume. --Tennyson. | |
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Fluctuate \Fluc"tu*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluctuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluctuating}.] [L. fluctuatus, p. p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See {Fluent}, and cf. {Flotilla}.] 1. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. --Blackmore. 2. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate. Syn: To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple. Usage: To {Fluctuate}, {Vacillate}, {Waver}. -- Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon. The stocks fluctuate; a man fluctuates between conflicting influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves. A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution. | |
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Fluctuate \Fluc"tu*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluctuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluctuating}.] [L. fluctuatus, p. p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See {Fluent}, and cf. {Flotilla}.] 1. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. --Blackmore. 2. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate. Syn: To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple. Usage: To {Fluctuate}, {Vacillate}, {Waver}. -- Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon. The stocks fluctuate; a man fluctuates between conflicting influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves. A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution. | |
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Fluctuation \Fluc`tu*a"tion\, n. [L. fluctuatio; cf. F. fluctuation.] 1. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea. 2. A wavering; unsteadiness; as, fluctuations of opinion; fluctuations of prices. 3. (Med.) The motion or undulation of a fluid collected in a natural or artifical cavity, which is felt when it is subjected to pressure or percussion. --Dunglison. | |
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Flue \Flue\, n. [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr. L. fluere (cf. {Fluent}); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.] An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.: (a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air. (b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another. (c) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes. {Flue boiler}. See under {Boiler}. {Flue bridge}, the separating low wall between the flues and the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace. {Flue plate} (Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the flues are fastened; -- called also {flue sheet}, {tube sheet}, and {tube plate}. {Flue surface} (Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of flues exposed to flame or the hot gases. | |
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Fluke \Fluke\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluking}.] To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards. [Slang] | |
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Deck \Deck\, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following are the more common names of the decks of vessels having more than one. {Berth deck} (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung. {Boiler deck} (River Steamers), the deck on which the boilers are placed. {Flush deck}, any continuous, unbroken deck from stem to stern. {Gun deck} (Navy), a deck below the spar deck, on which the ship's guns are carried. If there are two gun decks, the upper one is called the main deck, the lower, the lower gun deck; if there are three, one is called the middle gun deck. {Half-deck}, that portion of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin. {Hurricane deck} (River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull. {Orlop deck}, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. {Poop deck}, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft. {Quarter-deck}, the part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. {Spar deck}. (a) Same as the upper deck. (b) Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck. {Upper deck}, the highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern. 2. (arch.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat. 3. (Railroad) The roof of a passenger car. 4. A pack or set of playing cards. The king was slyly fingered from the deck. --Shak. 5. A heap or store. [Obs.] Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck. --Massinger. {Between decks}. See under {Between}. {Deck bridge} (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders. {Deck curb} (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof construction. {Deck floor} (Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony. {Deck hand}, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft. {Deck molding} (Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof. {Deck roof} (Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls. {Deck transom} (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed. {To clear the decks} (Naut.), to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action. {To sweep the deck} (Card Playing), to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them. | |
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Flush \Flush\, a. 1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. --Shak. 2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. --Arbuthnot. 3. (Arch. & Mech.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint. 4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit. {Flush bolt}. (a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface. (b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith. {Flush deck}. (Naut.) See under {Deck}, n., 1. {Flush tank}, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc. | |
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Flush \Flush\, a. 1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. --Shak. 2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. --Arbuthnot. 3. (Arch. & Mech.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint. 4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit. {Flush bolt}. (a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface. (b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith. {Flush deck}. (Naut.) See under {Deck}, n., 1. {Flush tank}, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc. | |
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Flush \Flush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flushed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flushing}.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash; perh. influenced by blush. [fb]84.] 1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face. The flushing noise of many waters. --Boyle. It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer. 2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush. 3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow. In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. --Milton. 4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird. Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne. | |
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Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flustered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flustering}.] [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered, flaustr a fluster.] To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. --Macaulay. | |
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Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. i. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. --South. | |
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Fluster \Flus"ter\, n. Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder. | |
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Flusteration \Flus`ter*a"tion\, n. The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered; fluster. [Colloq.] | |
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Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flustered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flustering}.] [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered, flaustr a fluster.] To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. --Macaulay. | |
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Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flustered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flustering}.] [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered, flaustr a fluster.] To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. --Macaulay. | |
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Flustrate \Flus"trate\, v. t. [See {Fluster}, v. t.] To fluster. [Colloq.] --Spectator. | |
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Flustration \Flus*tra"tion\, n. The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry. [Colloq.] --Richardson. | |
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Fluxation \Flux*a"tion\, n. The act of fluxing. | |
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Flux \Flux\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fluxed} (fl[ucr]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluxing}.] 1. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world. --South. 2. To cause to become fluid; to fuse. --Kirwan. 3. (Med.) To cause a discharge from; to purge. | |
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.] A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B. Jonson. 4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger. 5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.] 6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end. 7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows. 8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. --Totten. 9. (Mech.) (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock. (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See {Fly wheel} (below). 10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight. 11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn. 12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. --Knight. 13. (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press. (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work. 14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place. 15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater. 16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons. 17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block} (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L. Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. -- {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray. {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects. {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut. {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose flowers resemble flies. {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that feed upon or are entangled by it. {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies. {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly. {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table. {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly. {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill. {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9. {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a batted ball caught before touching the ground. | |
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Flycatcher \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family {Muscicapid[91]}, as the spotted flycatcher ({Muscicapa grisola}). The American flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and belong to the family {Tyrannid[91]}, as the kingbird, pewee, crested flycatcher ({Myiarchus crinitus}), and the vermilion flycatcher or churinche ({Pyrocephalus rubineus}). Certain American flycatching warblers of the family {Sylvicolid[91]} are also called flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher ({Sylvania Canadensis}), and the hooded flycatcher ({S. mitrata}). See {Tyrant flycatcher}. | |
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Fly-catching \Fly"-catch`ing\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the habit of catching insects on the wing. | |
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Solitaire \Sol`i*taire"\, n. [F. See {Solitary}.] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. --Pope. 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists. --Mrs. R. H. Davis. 3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by [bd]jumping,[b8] as in draughts. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large extinct bird ({Pezophaps solitaria}) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also {solitary}. (b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus {Myadestes}. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also {fly-catching thrush}. A West Indian species ({Myadestes sibilans}) is called the {invisible bird}. | |
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Warbler \War"bler\, n. 1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds. In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo. --Tickell. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family {Sylviid[91]}, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under {Reed}), and sedge warbler (see under {Sedge}) are well-known species. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily {Mniotiltid[91]}, or {Sylvicolin[91]}. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical. Note: The American warblers are often divided, according to their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers, fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers, wormeating warblers, etc. {Bush warbler} (Zo[94]l.) any American warbler of the genus {Opornis}, as the Connecticut warbler ({O. agilis}). {Creeping warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very small American warblers belonging to {Parula}, {Mniotilta}, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed warbler ({Parula Americana}), and the black-and-white creeper ({Mniotilta varia}). {Fly-catching warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of warblers belonging to {Setophaga}, {Sylvania}, and allied genera having the bill hooked and notched at the tip, with strong rictal bristles at the base, as the hooded warbler ({Sylvania mitrata}), the black-capped warbler ({S. pusilla}), the Canadian warbler ({S. Canadensis}), and the American redstart (see {Redstart}). {Ground warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any American warbler of the genus {Geothlypis}, as the mourning ground warbler ({G. Philadelphia}), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see {Yellowthroat}). {Wood warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous American warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. Among the most common wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or yellow warbler (see under {Yellow}), the black-throated green warbler ({Dendroica virens}), the yellow-rumped warbler ({D. coronata}), the blackpoll ({D. striata}), the bay-breasted warbler ({D. castanea}), the chestnut-sided warbler ({D. Pennsylvanica}), the Cape May warbler ({D. tigrina}), the prairie warbler (see under {Prairie}), and the pine warbler ({D. pinus}). See also {Magnolia warbler}, under {Magnolia}, and {Blackburnian warbler}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Foil \Foil\, n. [OE. foil leaf, OF. foil, fuil, fueil, foille, fueille, F. feuille, fr. L. folium, pl. folia; akin to Gr. [?], and perh. to E. blade. Cf. {Foliage}, {Folio}.] 1. A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil. 2. (Jewelry) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones. --Ure. 3. Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage. As she a black silk cap on him began To set, for foil of his milk-white to serve. --Sir P. Sidney. Hector has a foil to set him off. --Broome. 4. A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection. 5. (Arch.) The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed. {Foil stone}, an imitation of a jewel or precious stone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Foliaged \Fo"li*aged\, a. Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously foliaged mulberry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Foliosity \Fo`li*os"i*ty\, n. The ponderousness or bulk of a folio; voluminousness. [R.] --De Quincey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fool-hasty \Fool"-has`ty\, a. Foolishly hasty. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goldfinch \Gold"finch`\, n. [AS. goldfinc. See {Gold}, and {Finch}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beautiful bright-colored European finch ({Carduelis elegans}). The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of the head and throat are bright red; the nape, with part of the wings and tail, black; -- called also {goldspink}, {goldie}, {fool's coat}, {drawbird}, {draw-water}, {thistle finch}, and {sweet William}. (b) The yellow-hammer. (c) A small American finch ({Spinus tristis}); the thistle bird. Note: The name is also applied to other yellow finches, esp. to several additional American species of {Spinus}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Foul anchor}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}. {Foul ball} (Baseball), a ball that first strikes the ground outside of the foul ball lines, or rolls outside of certain limits. {Foul ball lines} (Baseball), lines from the home base, through the first and third bases, to the boundary of the field. {Foul berth} (Naut.), a berth in which a ship is in danger of fouling another vesel. {Foul bill}, [or] {Foul bill of health}, a certificate, duly authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a contagious disorder prevails, or that some of the crew are infected. {Foul copy}, a rough draught, with erasures and corrections; -- opposed to fair or clean copy. [bd]Some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies.[b8] --Cowper. {Foul proof}, an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an excessive quantity of errors. {Foul strike} (Baseball), a strike by the batsman when any part of his person is outside of the lines of his position. {To fall foul}, to fall out; to quarrel. [Obs.] [bd]If they be any ways offended, they fall foul.[b8] --Burton. {To} {fall, [or] run}, {foul of}. See under {Fall}. {To make foul water}, to sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Foul \Foul\ (foul), a. [Compar. Fouler (-[etil]r); superl. {Foulest}.] [OE. foul, ful, AS. f[umac]l; akin to D. vuil, G. faul rotten, OHG. f[umac]l, Icel. f[umac]l foul, fetid; Dan. fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. f[umac]ls fetid, Lith. puti to be putrid, L. putere to stink, be putrid, pus pus, Gr. py`on pus, to cause to rot, Skr. p[umac]y to stink. [fb]82. Cf. {Defile} to foul, {File} to foul, {Filth}, {Pus}, {Putrid}.] 1. Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water. My face is foul with weeping. --Job. xvi. 16. 2. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language. 3. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. [bd]The foul with Sycorax.[b8] --Shak. Who first seduced them to that foul revolt? --Milton. 4. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease. 5. Ugly; homely; poor. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares. --Shak. 6. Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc. So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --Shak. 7. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play. 8. Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fulgid \Ful"gid\, a. [L. fulgidus. See {Fulgent}.] Shining; glittering; dazzling. [R.] --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fulgidity \Ful*gid"i*ty\, n. Splendor; resplendence; effulgence. [R.] --Bailey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bald \Bald\, a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse's forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak. On the bald top of an eminence. --Wordsworth. 2. Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. In the preface to his own bald translation. --Dryden. 3. Undisguised. [bd] Bald egotism.[b8] --Lowell. 4. Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. [Obs.] 5. (Bot.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat. 6. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Destitute of the natural covering. (b) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced. {Bald buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), the fishhawk or osprey. {Bald coot} (Zo[94]l.), a name of the European coot ({Fulica atra}), alluding to the bare patch on the front of the head. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Full \Full\, a. [Compar. {Fuller}; superl. {Fullest}.] [OE. & AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol, OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth. fulls, L. plenus, Gr. [?], Skr. p[?]rna full, pr[?] to fill, also to Gr. [?] much, E. poly-, pref., G. viel, AS. fela. [root]80. Cf. {Complete}, {Fill}, {Plenary}, {Plenty}.] 1. Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people. Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular. --Blackstone. 2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture. 3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon. It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. --Gen. xii. 1. The man commands Like a full soldier. --Shak. I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. --Ford. 4. Sated; surfeited. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i. 11. 5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. Reading maketh a full man. --Bacon. 6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. --Locke. 7. Filled with emotions. The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. --Lowell. 8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.] Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. --Dryden. {At full}, when full or complete. --Shak. {Full age} (Law) the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the age of 21 years. --Abbott. {Full and by} (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible. {Full band} (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are employed. {Full binding}, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding. {Full bottom}, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom. {Full} {brother [or] sister}, a brother or sister having the same parents as another. {Full cry} (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together. {Full dress}, the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony. {Full hand} (Poker), three of a kind and a pair. {Full moon}. (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun. (b) The time when the moon is full. {Full organ} (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are out. {Full score} (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are given. {Full sea}, high water. {Full swing}, free course; unrestrained liberty; [bd]Leaving corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its own extravagant actings.[b8] South (Colloq.) {In full}, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures. {In full blast}. See under {Blast}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fall City, WA (CDP, FIPS 23200) Location: 47.56630 N, 121.90214 W Population (1990): 1582 (610 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98024 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Falls City, NE (city, FIPS 16655) Location: 40.06531 N, 95.59955 W Population (1990): 4769 (2314 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68355 Falls City, OR (city, FIPS 24550) Location: 44.86562 N, 123.43674 W Population (1990): 818 (318 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97344 Falls City, TX (city, FIPS 25392) Location: 28.98132 N, 98.02132 W Population (1990): 478 (207 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78113 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fallston, MD (CDP, FIPS 27700) Location: 39.52103 N, 76.42649 W Population (1990): 5730 (1828 housing units) Area: 22.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21047 Fallston, NC (town, FIPS 22720) Location: 35.42920 N, 81.50241 W Population (1990): 498 (219 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Fallston, PA (borough, FIPS 25152) Location: 40.72147 N, 80.31447 W Population (1990): 392 (175 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Faulkton, SD (city, FIPS 21260) Location: 45.03428 N, 99.12770 W Population (1990): 809 (427 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Felicity, CA Zip code(s): 92283 Felicity, OH (village, FIPS 26880) Location: 38.83987 N, 84.09793 W Population (1990): 856 (336 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45120 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Flagstaff, AZ (city, FIPS 23620) Location: 35.18901 N, 111.61977 W Population (1990): 45857 (16313 housing units) Area: 163.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 86001, 86004 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Flaxton, ND (city, FIPS 26700) Location: 48.89728 N, 102.39268 W Population (1990): 121 (99 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Folkston, GA (city, FIPS 30424) Location: 30.83696 N, 82.00911 W Population (1990): 2285 (876 housing units) Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31537 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
flag day n. A software change that is neither forward- nor backward-compatible, and which is costly to make and costly to reverse. "Can we install that without causing a flag day for all users?" This term has nothing to do with the use of the word {flag} to mean a variable that has two values. It came into use when a massive change was made to the {{Multics}} timesharing system to convert from the short-lived 1965 version of the ASCII code to the 1967 version (in draft at the time); this was scheduled for Flag Day (a U.S. holiday), June 14, 1966. See also {backward combatability}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
file extension {filename extension} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
flag day backward-compatible, and which is costly to make and costly to reverse. E.g. "Can we install that without causing a flag day for all users?" This term has nothing to do with the use of the word {flag} to mean a variable that has two values. It came into use when a massive change was made to the {Multics} {time-sharing} system to convert from the old {ASCII} code to the new one; this was scheduled for Flag Day (a US holiday), June 14, 1966. See also {backward combatability}, {lock-in}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-01-15) |