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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Falchion \Fal"chion\, n. [OE. fauchon, OF. fauchon, LL. f[84]lcio, fr. L. falx, falcis, a sickle, cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?] a ship's rib, [?][?][?][?][?][?] bandy-legged; perh, akin to E. falcon; cf. It. falcione. Cf. {Defalcation}.] 1. A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages. 2. A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors. | |
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Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie, LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.] 1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow. 2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow. {Prairie chicken} (Zo[94]l.), any American grouse of the genus {Tympanuchus}, especially {T. Americanus} (formerly {T. cupido}), which inhabits the prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the sharp-tailed grouse. {Prairie clover} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Petalostemon}, having small rosy or white flowers in dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in the prairies of the United States. {Prairie dock} (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow flowers, found in the Western prairies. {Prairie dog} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like that of a dog. Called also {prairie marmot}. {Prairie grouse}. Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie hare} (Zo[94]l.), a large long-eared Western hare ({Lepus campestris}). See {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}. {Prairie hawk}, {Prairie falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a falcon of Western North America ({Falco Mexicanus}). The upper parts are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown. {Prairie hen}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie itch} (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and Western United States; -- also called {swamp itch}, {winter itch}. {Prairie marmot}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie dog}, above. {Prairie mole} (Zo[94]l.), a large American mole ({Scalops argentatus}), native of the Western prairies. {Prairie pigeon}, {plover}, [or] {snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the upland plover. See {Plover}, n., 2. {Prairie rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), the massasauga. {Prairie snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless American snake ({Masticophis flavigularis}). It is pale yellow, tinged with brown above. {Prairie squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), any American ground squirrel of the genus {Spermophilus}, inhabiting prairies; -- called also {gopher}. {Prairie turnip} (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous root of a leguminous plant ({Psoralea esculenta}) of the Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also {pomme blanche}, and {pomme de prairie}. {Prairie warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored American warbler ({Dendroica discolor}). The back is olive yellow, with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer tail feathers partly white. {Prairie wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Coyote}. | |
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Falcon \Fal"con\, n. [OE. faucon, faucoun, OF. faucon, falcon, [?]. faucon, fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons. Cf. {Falchion}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of a family ({Falconid[91]}) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight. (b) Any species of the genus {Falco}, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game. In the language of falconry, the female peregrine ({Falco peregrinus}) is exclusively called the falcon. --Yarrell. 2. (Gun.) An ancient form of cannon. {Chanting falcon}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Chanting}. | |
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Falconer \Fal"con*er\, n. [OE. fauconer, OF. falconier, fauconier, F. fauconnier. See {Falcon}.] A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks. --Johnson. | |
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Falconet \Fal"co*net\, n. [Dim. of falcon: cf. F. fauconneau, LL. falconeta, properly, a young falcon.] 1. One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus {Microhierax}. (b) One of a group of Australian birds of the genus {Falcunculus}, resembling shrikes and titmice. | |
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Falcongentil \Fal"con*gen`til\, n. [F. faucon-gentil. See {Falcon}, and {Genteel}.] (Zo[94]l.) The female or young of the goshawk ({Astur palumbarius}). | |
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Falconine \Fal"co*nine\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the {Falconid[91]} | |
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Falconry \Fal"con*ry\, n. [Cf. F. fauconnerie. See {Falcon}.] 1. The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game. 2. The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks. | |
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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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Imprison ment \Im*pris"on ment\, n. [OE. enprisonment; F. emprisonnement.] The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. --Spenser. Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public streets. --Blackstone. {False imprisonment}. (Law) See under {False}. Syn: Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance; restraint. | |
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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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Miterwort \Mi"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Mitella}, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap. {False miterwort}, a white-flowered perennial herb of the United States ({Tiarella cardifolia}). | |
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Myrrh \Myrrh\, n. [OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha, murra, Gr. [?]; cf. Ar. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar bitter.] A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the {Balsamodendron Myrrha}. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of {Cistus}, or rockrose. {False myrrh}. See the Note under {Bdellium}. | |
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Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz[8b]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[84]lde, Sw. n[84]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. {Urtica gracitis} is common in the Northern, and {U. cham[91]dryoides} in the Southern, United States. the common European species, {U. urens} and {U. dioica}, are also found in the Eastern united States. {U. pilulifera} is the Roman nettle of England. Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as: {Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus {Laportea} (as {L. gigas} and {L. moroides}); -- also called {nettle tree}. {Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See under {Hemp}. {Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of {Lamium}. {False nettle} ({B[91]hmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles. {Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}. {Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}. {nettle tree}. (a) Same as {Hackberry}. (b) See {Australian nettle} (above). {Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family ({Jatropha urens}). {Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles. {Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes. {Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles. {Sea nettle} (Zo[94]l.), a medusa. | |
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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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Falseness \False"ness\, n. The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word. | |
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Faulchion \Faul"chion\, n. See {Falchion}. | |
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Faulcon \Faul"con\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Falcon}. | |
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Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
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Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[94]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the {American lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and {catamount}. See {Puma}. | |
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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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d8Manul \[d8]Ma"nul\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A wild cat ({Felis manul}), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks. | |
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d8Rimau dahan \[d8]Ri"mau da"han\ [From the native Oriental name.] (Zo[94]l.) The clouded tiger cat ({Felis marmorata}) of Southern Asia and the East Indies. | |
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d8Chati \[d8]Cha`ti"\, n. [Cf. F. chat cat.] (Zo[94]l.) A small South American species of tiger cat ({Felis mitis}). | |
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Jaguar \Ja*guar"\, n. [Braz. yago[a0]ra: cf. & Pg. jaguar.] (Zo[94]l.) A large and powerful feline animal ({Felis onca}), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also the {American tiger}. | |
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Fellow-commoner \Fel"low-com"mon*er\, n. A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table. | |
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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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Filchingly \Filch"ing*ly\, adv. By pilfering or petty stealing. | |
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Flagginess \Flag"gi*ness\, n. The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness. --Johnson. | |
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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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Flagging \Flag"ging\, n. A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively. | |
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Flagging \Flag"ging\, a. Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. -- {Flag"ging*ly}, adv. | |
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Flagging \Flag"ging\, a. Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. -- {Flag"ging*ly}, adv. | |
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Flagman \Flag"man\, n.; pl. {Flagmen}. One who makes signals with a flag. | |
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Flagman \Flag"man\, n.; pl. {Flagmen}. One who makes signals with a flag. | |
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Flagon \Flag"on\, n. [F. flacon, for flascon, fr. OF. flasche, from LL. flasco. See {Flask}.] A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass. A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale. --Macaulay. | |
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Flakiness \Flak"i*ness\, n. The state of being flaky. | |
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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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Pan \Pan\, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.] 1. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing. [bd]A bowl or a pan.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Manuf.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See {Vacuum pan}, under {Vacuum}. 3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming. 4. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. --Chaucer. 5. (C[?]rp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge. 6. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See {Hard pan}, under {Hard}. 7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud. {Flash in the pan}. See under {Flash}. {To savor of the pan}, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. --Ridley. Southey. | |
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Flash \Flash\, n.; pl. {Flashes}. 1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning. 2. A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. --Shak. No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy. --Wirt. 3. The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period. The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash. --Bacon. 4. A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors. {Flash light}, [or] {Flashing light}, a kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness. --Knight. {Flash in the pan}, the flashing of the priming in the pan of a flintlock musket without discharging the piece; hence, sudden, spasmodic effort that accomplishes nothing. | |
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Flashiness \Flash"i*ness\, n. The quality of being flashy. | |
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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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Flashing \Flash"ing\, n. 1. (Engineering) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also {flushing}. 2. (Arch.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. {Filleting}. 3. (Glass Making) (a) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated. (b) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass. --Knight. {Flashing point} (Chem.), that degree of temperature at which a volatile oil gives off vapor in sufficient quantity to burn, or flash, on the approach of a flame, used as a test of the comparative safety of oils, esp. kerosene; a flashing point of 100[deg] F. is regarded as a fairly safe standard. The burning point of the oil is usually from ten to thirty degree above the flashing point of its vapor. | |
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Flash \Flash\, n.; pl. {Flashes}. 1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning. 2. A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. --Shak. No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy. --Wirt. 3. The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period. The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash. --Bacon. 4. A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors. {Flash light}, [or] {Flashing light}, a kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness. --Knight. {Flash in the pan}, the flashing of the priming in the pan of a flintlock musket without discharging the piece; hence, sudden, spasmodic effort that accomplishes nothing. | |
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Flashing \Flash"ing\, n. 1. (Engineering) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also {flushing}. 2. (Arch.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. {Filleting}. 3. (Glass Making) (a) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated. (b) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass. --Knight. {Flashing point} (Chem.), that degree of temperature at which a volatile oil gives off vapor in sufficient quantity to burn, or flash, on the approach of a flame, used as a test of the comparative safety of oils, esp. kerosene; a flashing point of 100[deg] F. is regarded as a fairly safe standard. The burning point of the oil is usually from ten to thirty degree above the flashing point of its vapor. | |
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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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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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Flaxen \Flax"en\, a. Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair. | |
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Fleaking \Fleak"ing\, n. A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. | |
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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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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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Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under {Arterial}. Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}. 2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. --Waller. {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent. {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. --Bouvier. --Peters. 3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak. 4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood. 5. The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak. 6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. --Hood. 7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.] He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. --Shak. Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up. 9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty? --Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. --Thackeray. 10. The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. --Gen. xiix. 11. Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won. {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism. {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury. {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth. {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh. {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}. {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals. {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr. {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock. {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp. {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia. {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials. {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent. {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}. {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family. {Flesh and blood}. (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature. {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. --Shak. {To let blood}. See under {Let}. {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal. | |
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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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, 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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Fleshiness \Flesh"i*ness\, n. The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. --Milton. | |
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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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Fleshing \Flesh"ing\, n. A person devoted to fleshly things. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Fleshings \Flesh"ings\, n. pl. Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers. --D. Jerrold. | |
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Fleshment \Flesh"ment\, n. The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Fleshmonger \Flesh"mon`ger\, n. [AS. [?] mangere.] One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Flexanimous \Flex*an"i*mous\, a. [L. flexanimus; flectere, flexum, to bend + animus mind.] Having power to change the mind. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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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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Flexion \Flex"ion\, n. [L. flexio: cf. F. flexion.] 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning. 2. A bending; a part bent; a fold. --Bacon. 3. (Gram.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection. Express the syntactical relations by flexion. --Sir W. Hamilton. 4. (Physiol.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension. | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Flockmel \Flock"mel\, adv. [AS. flocm[?]lum. See {Meal} part.] In a flock; in a body. [Obs.] That flockmel on a day they to him went. --Chaucer. | |
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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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Flogging \Flog"ging\, a. & n. from {Flog}, v. t. {Flogging chisel} (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. {Flogging hammer}, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel. | |
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Flogging \Flog"ging\, a. & n. from {Flog}, v. t. {Flogging chisel} (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. {Flogging hammer}, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel. | |
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Flogging \Flog"ging\, a. & n. from {Flog}, v. t. {Flogging chisel} (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. {Flogging hammer}, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel. | |
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Flucan \Flu"can\, n. (Mining) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also {flookan}, {flukan}, and {fluccan}.] | |
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Flookan \Flook"an\, Flukan \Flu"kan\, n. (Mining) See {Flucan}. | |
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Flucan \Flu"can\, n. (Mining) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also {flookan}, {flukan}, and {fluccan}.] | |
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Flookan \Flook"an\, Flukan \Flu"kan\, n. (Mining) See {Flucan}. | |
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Flucan \Flu"can\, n. (Mining) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also {flookan}, {flukan}, and {fluccan}.] | |
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Flucan \Flu"can\, n. (Mining) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also {flookan}, {flukan}, and {fluccan}.] | |
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Flucan \Flu"can\, n. (Mining) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also {flookan}, {flukan}, and {fluccan}.] | |
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Flukan \Flu"kan\, n. (Mining) Flucan. | |
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Flookan \Flook"an\, Flukan \Flu"kan\, n. (Mining) See {Flucan}. | |
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Flucan \Flu"can\, n. (Mining) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also {flookan}, {flukan}, and {fluccan}.] | |
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Flukan \Flu"kan\, n. (Mining) Flucan. | |
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Flookan \Flook"an\, Flukan \Flu"kan\, n. (Mining) See {Flucan}. | |
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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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Flashing \Flash"ing\, n. 1. (Engineering) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also {flushing}. 2. (Arch.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. {Filleting}. 3. (Glass Making) (a) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated. (b) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass. --Knight. {Flashing point} (Chem.), that degree of temperature at which a volatile oil gives off vapor in sufficient quantity to burn, or flash, on the approach of a flame, used as a test of the comparative safety of oils, esp. kerosene; a flashing point of 100[deg] F. is regarded as a fairly safe standard. The burning point of the oil is usually from ten to thirty degree above the flashing point of its vapor. | |
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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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Flushing \Flush"ing\, n. 1. A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the [?] [Eng.] 2. (Weaving) A surface formed of floating threads. | |
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Flashing \Flash"ing\, n. 1. (Engineering) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also {flushing}. 2. (Arch.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. {Filleting}. 3. (Glass Making) (a) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated. (b) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass. --Knight. {Flashing point} (Chem.), that degree of temperature at which a volatile oil gives off vapor in sufficient quantity to burn, or flash, on the approach of a flame, used as a test of the comparative safety of oils, esp. kerosene; a flashing point of 100[deg] F. is regarded as a fairly safe standard. The burning point of the oil is usually from ten to thirty degree above the flashing point of its vapor. | |
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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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Flushing \Flush"ing\, n. 1. A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the [?] [Eng.] 2. (Weaving) A surface formed of floating threads. | |
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Flushingly \Flush"ing*ly\, adv. In a flushing manner. | |
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Flushness \Flush"ness\, n. The state of being flush; abundance. | |
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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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Fluxion \Flux"ion\, n. [Cf. F. fluxion.] The act of flowing. --Cotgrave. 2. The matter that flows. --Wiseman. 3. Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state. 4. (Med.) An unnatural or excessive flow of blood or fluid toward any organ; a determination. 5. A constantly varying indication. Less to be counted than the fluxions of sun dials. --De Quincey. 6. (Math.) (a) The infinitely small increase or decrease of a variable or flowing quantity in a certain infinitely small and constant period of time; the rate of variation of a fluent; an incerement; a differential. (b) pl. A method of analysis developed by Newton, and based on the conception of all magnitudes as generated by motion, and involving in their changes the notion of velocity or rate of change. Its results are the same as those of the differential and integral calculus, from which it differs little except in notation and logical method. | |
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Fluidal \Flu"id*al\, a. Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion. {Fluidal structure} (Geol.), the structure characteristic of certain volcanic rocks in which the arrangement of the minute crystals shows the lines of flow of thew molten material before solidification; -- also called {fluxion structure}. | |
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Fluxional \Flux"ion*al\, a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant. The merely human,the temporary and fluxional. --Coleridge. {Fluxional structure} (Geol.), fluidal structure. | |
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Fluxional \Flux"ion*al\, a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant. The merely human,the temporary and fluxional. --Coleridge. {Fluxional structure} (Geol.), fluidal structure. | |
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Fluxionary \Flux"ion*a*ry\, a. 1. Fluxional. --Berkeley. 2. (Med.) Pertaining to, or caused by, an increased flow of blood to a part; congestive; as, a fluxionary hemorrhage. | |
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Fluxionist \Flux"ion*ist\, n. One skilled in fluxions. --Berkeley. | |
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Fluxions \Flux"ions\, n. pl. (Math.) See {Fluxion}, 6 (b) . | |
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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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Folk \Folk\ (f[omac]k), Folks \Folks\ (f[omac]ks), n. collect. & pl. [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. f[omac]lk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.] 1. (Eng. Hist.) In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.] The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war. --J. R. Green. 2. People in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks. [Colloq.] In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales. --Shak. 3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well. [Colloq. New Eng.] --Bartlett. {Folk song}, one of a class of songs long popular with the common people. {Folk speech}, the speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class. | |
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Folkmote \Folk"mote`\, n. [AS. folcm[omac]t folk meeting.] An assembly of the people; esp. (Sax. Law), a general assembly of the people to consider and order matters of the commonwealth; also, a local court. [Hist.] To which folkmote they all with one consent Agreed to travel. --Spenser. | |
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Folkmoter \Folk"mot`er\, n. One who takes part in a folkmote, or local court. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Foolishness \Fool"ish*ness\, n. 1. The quality of being foolish. 2. A foolish practice; an absurdity. The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. --1 Cor. i. 18. | |
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Fulciment \Ful"ci*ment\, n. [L. fulcimentum, fr. fulcire to prop.] A prop; a fulcrum. [Obs.] --Bp. Wilkins. | |
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Fulgency \Fulgen*cy\, n. [See {fulgent}.] Brightness; splendor; glitter; effulgence. --Bailey. | |
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Fulgent \Ful"gent\, a. [L. fulgens, -entis, p. pr. of fulgere to flash, glitter, shine, akin to Gr. [?] to burn. See {Phlox}, {Flagrant}.] Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent. Other Thracians . . . fulgent morions wore. --Glower. | |
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Fulgently \Ful"gent*ly\, adv. Dazzlingly; glitteringly. | |
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Mud \Mud\, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. {Mud bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum pomotis}) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. {Mud bath}, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. {Mud boat}, a large flatboat used in deredging. {Mud cat}. See {Catfish}. {Mud crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus {Panopeus}. {Mud dab} (Zo[94]l.), the winter flounder. See {Flounder}, and {Dab}. {Mud dauber} (Zo[94]l.), a mud wasp. {Mud devil} (Zo[94]l.), the fellbender. {Mud drum} (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. {Mud eel} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See {Siren}. {Mud frog} (Zo[94]l.), a European frog ({Pelobates fuscus}). {Mud hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American coot ({Fulica Americana}). (b) The clapper rail. {Mud lark}, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] {Mud minnow} (Zo[94]l.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus {Umbra}, as {U. limi}. The genus is allied to the pickerels. {Mud plug}, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. {Mud puppy} (Zo[94]l.), the menobranchus. {Mud scow}, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] {Mud turtle}, {Mud tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. {Mud wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to {Pep[91]us}, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also {mud dauber}. | |
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Fuliginosity \Fu*lig"i*nos"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. fuliginosit[82].] The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness; matter deposited by smoke. [R.] | |
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Fuliginous \Fu*lig"i*nous\, a. [L. fuliginosus, from fuligo soot: cf. F. fuligineux. See {Fume}.] 1. Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky. 2. Pertaining to smoke; resembling smoke. | |
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Fuliginously \Fu*lig"i*nous*ly\, adv. In a smoky manner. | |
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Canonicals \Ca*non"ic*als\, n. pl. The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress. {Full canonicals}, the complete costume of an officiating clergyman or ecclesiastic. i | |
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Swing \Swing\, n. 1. The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum. 2. Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing. 3. A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise. 4. Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion. The ram that batters down the wall, For the great swing and rudeness of his poise, They place before his hand that made the engine. --Shak. 5. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it. 6. Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency. [bd]Take thy swing.[b8] --Dryden. To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius. --Burke. {Full swing}. See under {Full}. {Swing beam} (Railway Mach.), a crosspiece sustaining the car body, and so suspended from the framing of a truck that it may have an independent lateral motion. {Swing bridge}, a form of drawbridge which swings horizontally, as on a vertical pivot. {Swing plow}, [or] {Swing plough}. (a) A plow without a fore wheel under the beam. (b) A reversible or sidehill plow. {Swing wheel}. (a) The scape-wheel in a clock, which drives the pendulum. (b) The balance of a watch. | |
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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}. | |
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Fully \Ful"ly\, adv. In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition. {Fully committed} (Law), committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination. Syn: Completely; entirely; maturely; plentifuly; abundantly; plenteously; copiously; largely; amply; sufficiently; perfectly. | |
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Fulsamic \Ful*sam"ic\, a. [See {Fulsome}.] Fulsome. [Obs.] | |
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Fulsome \Ful"some\, a. [Full, a. + -some.] 1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.] His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh. --Golding. 2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery. And lest the fulsome artifice should fail Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil. --Cowper. 3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity. [Obs.] [bd]Fulsome ewes.[b8] --Shak. -- {Ful"some*ly}, adv. -- {Ful"some*ness}, n. --Dryden. | |
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Fulsome \Ful"some\, a. [Full, a. + -some.] 1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.] His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh. --Golding. 2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery. And lest the fulsome artifice should fail Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil. --Cowper. 3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity. [Obs.] [bd]Fulsome ewes.[b8] --Shak. -- {Ful"some*ly}, adv. -- {Ful"some*ness}, n. --Dryden. | |
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Fulsome \Ful"some\, a. [Full, a. + -some.] 1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.] His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh. --Golding. 2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery. And lest the fulsome artifice should fail Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil. --Cowper. 3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity. [Obs.] [bd]Fulsome ewes.[b8] --Shak. -- {Ful"some*ly}, adv. -- {Ful"some*ness}, n. --Dryden. | |
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Falcon, MO Zip code(s): 65470 Falcon, MS (town, FIPS 24180) Location: 34.39265 N, 90.25548 W Population (1990): 167 (68 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Falcon, NC (town, FIPS 22620) Location: 35.19440 N, 78.64858 W Population (1990): 216 (90 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Falcon Heights, MN (city, FIPS 20420) Location: 44.98790 N, 93.17943 W Population (1990): 5380 (2057 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Falconer, NY (village, FIPS 25164) Location: 42.11890 N, 79.19735 W Population (1990): 2653 (1237 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14733 | |
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Falkner, MS (town, FIPS 24220) Location: 34.84747 N, 88.93190 W Population (1990): 232 (95 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38629 | |
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Falls County, TX (county, FIPS 145) Location: 31.25751 N, 96.93159 W Population (1990): 17712 (7733 housing units) Area: 1992.1 sq km (land), 12.2 sq km (water) | |
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Falls Mill, WV Zip code(s): 26620 | |
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Falls Mills, VA Zip code(s): 24613 | |
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Faulk County, SD (county, FIPS 49) Location: 45.06868 N, 99.14959 W Population (1990): 2744 (1286 housing units) Area: 2590.6 sq km (land), 14.3 sq km (water) | |
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Faulkner, MD Zip code(s): 20632 | |
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Faulkner County, AR (county, FIPS 45) Location: 35.14717 N, 92.33529 W Population (1990): 60006 (23397 housing units) Area: 1676.7 sq km (land), 43.2 sq km (water) | |
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Fellsmere, FL (city, FIPS 22100) Location: 27.76645 N, 80.59687 W Population (1990): 2179 (787 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32948 | |
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Felsenthal, AR (town, FIPS 23320) Location: 33.05788 N, 92.15262 W Population (1990): 95 (201 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) | |
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Fleischmanns, NY (village, FIPS 26209) Location: 42.15558 N, 74.53350 W Population (1990): 351 (297 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Flossmoor, IL (village, FIPS 26571) Location: 41.53935 N, 87.68420 W Population (1990): 8651 (3061 housing units) Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60422 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Flushing, MI (city, FIPS 29200) Location: 43.06487 N, 83.84164 W Population (1990): 8542 (3370 housing units) Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48433 Flushing, NY Zip code(s): 11354, 11355, 11358, 11364, 11367, 11371 Flushing, OH (village, FIPS 27552) Location: 40.14847 N, 81.06550 W Population (1990): 1042 (447 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43977 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Folsom, CA (city, FIPS 24638) Location: 38.67671 N, 121.14623 W Population (1990): 29802 (9418 housing units) Area: 55.5 sq km (land), 5.8 sq km (water) Folsom, LA (village, FIPS 26140) Location: 30.63190 N, 90.19805 W Population (1990): 469 (189 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70437 Folsom, NJ (borough, FIPS 23940) Location: 39.59208 N, 74.84753 W Population (1990): 2181 (710 housing units) Area: 21.4 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Folsom, NM (village, FIPS 26780) Location: 36.84813 N, 103.91765 W Population (1990): 71 (43 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 88419 Folsom, PA (CDP, FIPS 26432) Location: 39.89139 N, 75.32910 W Population (1990): 8173 (3156 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19033 Folsom, WV Zip code(s): 26348 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
File Composition A typesetting language. ["File Composition System Reference Manual", No. 90388, Information Intl]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
file compression reduce storage requirements. (1995-04-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
file control block stores information about an open file. The number of FCBs is configured in {CONFIG.SYS} with a command FCBS=x,y where x (between 1 and 255 inclusive, default 4) specifies the number of file control blocks to allocate and therefore the number of files that MS-DOS can have open at one time. y (not needed from DOS 5.0 onward) specifies the number of files to be closed automatically if all x are in use. (1995-03-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
flash memory {Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
flow control in serial communications to stop the sender sending data until the receiver can accept it. This may be either {software flow control} or {hardware flow control}. The receiver typically has a fixed size {buffer} into which received data is written as soon as it is received. When the amount of buffered data exceeds a "high water mark", the receiver will signal to the transmitter to stop transmitting until the process reading the data has read sufficient data from the buffer that it has reached its "low water mark", at which point the receiver signals to the transmitter to resume transmission. (1995-03-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Fuel-can A derogatory term for the {Atari Falcon}. (1994-12-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
full laziness Wadsworth in 1971, which ensures that subexpressions in a function body which do not depend on the function's arguments are only evaluated once. E.g. each time the function f x = x + sqrt 4 is applied, (sqrt 4) will be evaluated. Since (sqrt 4) does not depend on x, we could transform this to: f x = x + sqrt4 sqrt4 = sqrt 4 We have replaced the dynamically created (sqrt 4) with a single shared constant which, in a {graph reduction} system, will be evaluated the first time it is needed and then updated with its value. See also {fully lazy lambda lifting}, {let floating}. (1994-11-09) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Flagon Heb. ashishah, (2 Sam. 6:19; 1 Chr. 16:3; Cant. 2:5; Hos. 3:1), meaning properly "a cake of pressed raisins." "Flagons of wine" of the Authorized Version should be, as in the Revised Version, "cakes of raisins" in all these passages. In Isa. 22:24 it is the rendering of the Hebrew _nebel_, which properly means a bottle or vessel of skin. (Comp. 1 Sam. 1:24; 10:3; 25:18; 2 Sam. 16:1, where the same Hebrew word is used.) |