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Falco
n 1: a genus of Falconidae [syn: {Falco}, {genus Falco}]

English Dictionary: flash	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fall guy n a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of Synonym(s): chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
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fallacy n a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning [syn: fallacy, false belief]
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falls n the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris) a steep descent of the water of a river Synonym(s): waterfall, falls
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false adv in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false" Synonym(s): faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably, false adj not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery" Antonym(s): true arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation" Synonym(s): false, mistaken erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm" deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses" inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes" Synonym(s): delusive, false not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide" Synonym(s): fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom" inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key" Synonym(s): false, off-key, sour adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" Synonym(s): assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue" Synonym(s): false, untrue
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falsie n padding that is worn inside a brassiere
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feel like v have an inclination for something or some activity; "I feel like staying in bed all day"; "I feel like a cold beer now"
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Felicia n genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers Synonym(s): Felicia, genus Felicia
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Felis n type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats Synonym(s): Felis, genus Felis
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felucca n a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean
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filago n any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads Synonym(s): cotton rose, cudweed, filago
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filch v make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
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fils n 100 Yemeni fils are worth one Yemeni rial [syn: {Yemeni fils}, fils] a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar
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flack n a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer Synonym(s): flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" Synonym(s): fire, attack, flak, flack, blast artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes Synonym(s): antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom- pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun
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flag n emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. Synonym(s): masthead, flag plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals Synonym(s): iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device Synonym(s): flag, signal flag flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green Synonym(s): pin, flag stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones Synonym(s): flag, flagstone a conspicuously marked or shaped tail v communicate or signal with a flag provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately" droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness Synonym(s): sag, droop, swag, flag decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday" become less intense Synonym(s): ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
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flak n a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer Synonym(s): flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" Synonym(s): fire, attack, flak, flack, blast artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes Synonym(s): antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom- pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun
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flake n a crystal of snow Synonym(s): snowflake, flake a person with an unusual or odd personality Synonym(s): eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" Synonym(s): bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap v form into flakes; "The substances started to flake" cover with flakes or as if with flakes come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" Synonym(s): peel off, peel, flake off, flake
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flakey adj made of or resembling flakes; "flaky soap" [syn: flaky, flakey] made of or easily forming flakes Synonym(s): flaky, flakey conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics" Synonym(s): bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre
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flaky adj made of or resembling flakes; "flaky soap" [syn: flaky, flakey] made of or easily forming flakes Synonym(s): flaky, flakey conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics" Synonym(s): bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre
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flash adj tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" Synonym(s): brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy n a sudden intense burst of radiant energy a momentary brightness a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning" Synonym(s): flash, flashing a sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition" a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" Synonym(s): blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute a gaudy outward display Synonym(s): ostentation, fanfare, flash a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate Synonym(s): flare, flash a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story Synonym(s): news bulletin, newsflash, flash, newsbreak a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification; "red flashes adorned the airplane"; "a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to" a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph Synonym(s): flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun, flashbulb, flash bulb v gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" Synonym(s): flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen" display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" Synonym(s): flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts" run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" Synonym(s): dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill" protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; "flash the roof" emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone"
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flashy adj tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" Synonym(s): brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display Synonym(s): flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty
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flask n bottle that has a narrow neck the quantity a flask will hold Synonym(s): flask, flaskful
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flax n fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem
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fleck n a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" Synonym(s): bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" Synonym(s): spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation v make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" Synonym(s): spot, fleck, blob, blot
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fleece n the wool of a sheep or similar animal tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing Synonym(s): sheepskin, fleece a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing outer coat of especially sheep and yaks Synonym(s): wool, fleece v rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] Antonym(s): undercharge shear the wool from; "shear sheep" Synonym(s): fleece, shear
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fleecy adj (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics" Synonym(s): brushed, fleecy, napped
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flesh n the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" Synonym(s): human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh a soft moist part of a fruit Synonym(s): pulp, flesh v remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture
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fleshy adj usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it Synonym(s): fleshy, heavy, overweight of or relating to or resembling flesh Synonym(s): fleshy, sarcoid
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flex n the act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies" v contract; "flex a muscle" exhibit the strength of; "The victorious army flexes its invincibility" form a curve; "The stick does not bend" Synonym(s): bend, flex Antonym(s): straighten, unbend bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees" Synonym(s): flex, bend cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" Synonym(s): flex, bend, deform, twist, turn Antonym(s): unbend
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flick n a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip" a short stroke a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" Synonym(s): movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick v flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" [syn: flicker, flick] look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" Synonym(s): flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" Synonym(s): flip, flick throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" Synonym(s): jerk, flick shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" Synonym(s): flicker, flick twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" Synonym(s): flick, ruffle, riffle cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" Synonym(s): snap, click, flick touch or hit with a light, quick blow; "flicked him with his hand" remove with a flick (of the hand)
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flies n (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
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floc n a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid Synonym(s): floccule, floc
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flock n a church congregation guided by a pastor a group of birds (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" Synonym(s): batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad an orderly crowd; "a troop of children" Synonym(s): troop, flock a group of sheep or goats Synonym(s): flock, fold v move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears" come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" Synonym(s): cluster, constellate, flock, clump
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flog v beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" Synonym(s): flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce beat with a cane Synonym(s): cane, flog, lambaste, lambast
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floozie n a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets Synonym(s): streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern
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floozy n a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets Synonym(s): streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern
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floss n a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth Synonym(s): dental floss, floss v use dental floss to clean; "floss your teeth after every meal"
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flossy adj like down or as soft as down [syn: downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy]
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flowage n gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat); "rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation" a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area; "many campsites were located near the flowage" the act of flooding; filling to overflowing Synonym(s): flood, flowage
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fluke n a stroke of luck [syn: good luck, fluke, {good fortune}] a barb on a harpoon or arrow flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor Synonym(s): fluke, flue either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host Synonym(s): fluke, trematode, trematode worm
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flukey adj subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition" Synonym(s): chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy
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fluky adj subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition" Synonym(s): chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy
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flush adv squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face" in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table" adj of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor" having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations" Synonym(s): affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy n the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush] a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health Synonym(s): bloom, blush, flush, rosiness sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) Synonym(s): hot flash, flush a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" Synonym(s): bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words" Synonym(s): flush, gush, outpouring sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) Synonym(s): blush, flush v turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" Synonym(s): blush, crimson, flush, redden flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river" glow or cause to glow with warm color or light; "the sky flushed with rosy splendor" make level or straight; "level the ground" Synonym(s): flush, level, even out, even rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" Synonym(s): flush, scour, purge irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" Synonym(s): sluice, flush cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"
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flux n the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface a flow or discharge Synonym(s): flux, fluxion a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea) a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor" Synonym(s): flux, state of flux the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle Synonym(s): magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area Synonym(s): flux density, flux in constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry" v move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" Synonym(s): flow, flux become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied" Synonym(s): liquefy, flux, liquify mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" Synonym(s): blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
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fly ash n fine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted
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fly high v be elated; "He was flying high during the summer months" make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving" Synonym(s): thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
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foliage n the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants Synonym(s): leaf, leafage, foliage (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament Synonym(s): foliation, foliage
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foliose adj bearing numerous leaves [syn: foliaceous, foliose, foliaged]
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folk n people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" Synonym(s): folk, folks, common people a social division of (usually preliterate) people Synonym(s): tribe, folk people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" Synonym(s): family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community Synonym(s): folk music, ethnic music, folk
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folks n your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day" people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" Synonym(s): folk, folks, common people
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folksy adj characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys" Synonym(s): cracker-barrel, folksy, homespun very informal and familiar; "a folksy radio commentator"; "a folksy style"
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follies n a revue with elaborate costuming
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foolish adj devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision" Antonym(s): wise having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" Synonym(s): anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky
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Fulica n coots Synonym(s): Fulica, genus Fulica
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full house n a poker hand with 3 of a kind and a pair
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Falk \Falk\ (f[add]k), n. (Zo[94]l.) The razorbill. [Written also {falc}, and {faik}.] [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Falk \Falk\ (f[add]k), n. (Zo[94]l.) The razorbill. [Written also {falc}, and {faik}.] [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fallacy \Fal"la*cy\, n.; pl. {Fallacies}. [OE. fallace, fallas, deception, F. fallace, fr. L. fallacia, fr. fallax deceitful, deceptive, fr. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}.] 1. Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception. Winning by conquest what the first man lost, By fallacy surprised. --Milton. 2. (Logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism. Syn: Deception; deceit; mistake. Usage: {Fallacy}, {Sophistry}. A fallacy is an argument which professes to be decisive, but in reality is not; sophistry is also false reasoning, but of so specious and subtle a kind as to render it difficult to expose its fallacy. Many fallacies are obvious, but the evil of sophistry lies in its consummate art. [bd]Men are apt to suffer their minds to be misled by fallacies which gratify their passions. Many persons have obscured and confounded the nature of things by their wretched sophistry; though an act be never so sinful, they will strip it of its guilt.[b8] --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fallax \Fal"lax\, n. [L. fallax deceptive. See {Fallacy}.] Cavillation; a caviling. [Obs.] --Cranmer.
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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\, v. t. [L. falsare to falsify, fr. falsus: cf. F. fausser. See {False}, a.] 1. To report falsely; to falsify. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To betray; to falsify. [Obs.] [He] hath his truthe falsed in this wise. --Chaucer. 3. To mislead by want of truth; to deceive. [Obs.] In his falsed fancy. --Spenser. 4. To feign; to pretend to make. [Obs.] [bd]And falsed oft his blows.[b8] --Spenser.
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False \False\, adv. Not truly; not honestly; falsely. [bd]You play me false.[b8] --Shak.
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d8Fellah \[d8]Fel"lah\, n.; pl. Ar. {Fellahin}, E. {Fellahs}. [Ar.] A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc. --W. M. Thomson.
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Felly \Fel"ly\, n.; pl. {Fellies}. [OE. feli, felwe, felow, AS. felg, felge; akin to D. velg, G. felge, OHG. felga felly (also, a harrow, but prob. a different word), Dan. felge.] The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes. [Written also {felloe}.] Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel. --Shak.
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Felucca \Fe*luc"ca\, n. [It. feluca (cf. Sp. faluca, Pg. falua), fr. Ar. fulk ship, or harr[be]qah a sort of ship.] (Naut.) A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean. Note: Sometimes it is constructed so that the helm may be used at either end.
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Filasse \Fi*lasse"\, n. [F., fr. fil thread, L. filum.] Vegetable fiber, as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture.
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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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Filly \Fil"ly\, n.; pl. {Fillies}. [Cf. Icel. fylia, fr. foli foal. See {Foal}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. {Colt}, {Foal}. Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. --Shak. 2. A lively, spirited young girl. [Colloq.] --Addison.
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Filose \Fi"lose`\, a. [L. filum a thread.] Terminating in a threadlike process.
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Flag \Flag\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also {flag feather}.
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Flag \Flag\, v. t. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity. The antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag. --T. Roosevelt.
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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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Flag \Flag\ (fl[acr]g), v. t. 1. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings. --prior. 2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of. Nothing so flags the spirits. --Echard.
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Flag \Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely. 2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc. (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks. (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter. {Black flag}. See under {Black}. {Flag captain}, {Flag leutenant}, etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer. {Flag officer}, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. {Flag of truse}, a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile. {Flag share}, the flag officer's share of prize money. {Flag station} (Railroad), a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved. {National flag}, a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned. {Red flag}, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists. {To dip, the flag}, to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; -- done as a mark of respect. {To hang out the white flag}, to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag. {To hang the flag} {half-mast high [or] half-staff}, to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning. {To} {strike, [or] lower}, {the flag}, to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.
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Flag \Flag\, v. t. To furnish or deck out with flags.
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Flag \Flag\, n. [Icel. flaga, cf. Icel. flag spot where a turf has been cut out, and E. flake layer, scale. Cf. {Floe}.] 1. A flat stone used for paving. --Woodward. 2. (Geol.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
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Flag \Flag\, v. t. To lay with flags of flat stones. The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble. --Sandys.
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Flag \Flag\, v. t. [From {Flag} an ensign.] 1. To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train. 2. To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
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Flag \Flag\, n. [From {Flag} to hang loose, to bend down.] (Bot.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera {Iris} and {Acorus}. {Cooper's flag}, the cat-tail ({Typha latifolia}), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. {Corn flag}. See under 2d {Corn}. {Flag broom}, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. {Flag root}, the root of the sweet flag. {Sweet flag}. See {Calamus}, n., 2.
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Flaggy \Flag"gy\, a. 1. Weak; flexible; limber. [bd]Flaggy wings.[b8] --Spenser. 2. Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Flaggy \Flag"gy\, a. [From 5th {Flag}.] Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh.
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Flake \Flake\, n. [Etym. uncertain; cf. 1st {Fake}.] A flat layer, or fake, of a coiled cable. Flake after flake ran out of the tubs, until we were compelled to hand the end of our line to the second mate. --F. T. Bullen.
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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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Flake \Flake\, v. i. To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
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Flake \Flake\ (fl[amac]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off, split, flagna to flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake plate, Dan. flage snowflake. Cf. {Flag} a flat stone.] 1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish. [bd]Lottle flakes of scurf.[b8] --Addison. Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. --Evelyn. 2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash. With flakes of ruddy fire. --Somerville. 3. (Bot.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
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Flake \Flake\ (fl[amac]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flaki, fleki, Dan. flage, D. vlaak.] 1. A paling; a hurdle. [prov. Eng.] 2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things. You shall also, after they be ripe, neither suffer them to have straw nor fern under them, but lay them either upon some smooth table, boards, or flakes of wands, and they will last the longer. --English Husbandman. 3. (Naut.) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.
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Flaky \Flak"y\, a. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
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Flash \Flash\, a. 1. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
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Flash \Flash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flashing}.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.] 1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. 2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash. Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unnumbered struggles. --Talfourd. The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind. --M. Arnold. A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in act. --Tennyson. 3. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily. Every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other. --Shak. {To flash in the pan}, to fail of success. [Colloq.] See under {Flash}, a burst of light. --Bartlett. Syn: {Flash}, {Glitter}, {Gleam}, {Glisten}, {Glister}. Usage: Flash differs from glitter and gleam, denoting a flood or wide extent of light. The latter words may express the issuing of light from a small object, or from a pencil of rays. Flash differs from other words, also, in denoting suddenness of appearance and disappearance. Flashing differs from exploding or disploding in not being accompanied with a loud report. To glisten, or glister, is to shine with a soft and fitful luster, as eyes suffused with tears, or flowers wet with dew.
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Flash \Flash\, n. Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
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Flash \Flash\, n. [OE. flasche, flaske; cf. OF. flache, F. flaque.] 1. A pool. [Prov. Eng.] --Haliwell. 2. (Engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal. {Flash wheel} (Mech.), a paddle wheel made to revolve in a breast or curved water way, by which water is lifted from the lower to the higher level.
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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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Flash \Flash\, v. t. 1. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light. The chariot of paternal Deity, Flashing thick flames. --Milton. 2. To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind. 3. (Glass Making) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See {Flashing}, n., 3 (b) . 4. To trick up in a showy manner. Limning and flashing it with various dyes. --A. Brewer. 5. [Perh. due to confusion between flash of light and plash, splash.] To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash. [Obs.] He rudely flashed the waves about. --Spenser. {Flashed glass}. See {Flashing}, n., 3.
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Flashy \Flash"y\, a. 1. Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright. A little flashy and transient pleasure. --Barrow. 2. Fiery; vehement; impetuous. A temper always flashy. --Burke. 3. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress. 4. Without taste or spirit. Lean and flashy songs. --Milton.
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Flask \Flask\, n. [AS. flasce, flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG. flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw. flaska, Dan. flaske, OF. flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr. [?], [?], [?]. Cf. {Flagon}, {Flasket}.] 1. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine. 2. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc. 3. A bed in a gun carriage. [Obs.] --Bailey. 4. (Founding) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc. {Erlenmeyer flask}, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it. {Florence flask}. [From Florence in Italy.] (a) Same as {Betty}, n., 3. (b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating solutions. {Pocket flask}, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered with metal or leather to protect it from breaking.
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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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Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F. fossile. See {Fosse}.] 1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. {Fossil copal}, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth. {Fossil cork}, {flax}, {paper}, [or] {wood}, varieties of amianthus. {Fossil farina}, a soft carbonate of lime. {Fossil ore}, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
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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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Fossil \Fos"sil\, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F. fossile. See {Fosse}.] 1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. {Fossil copal}, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth. {Fossil cork}, {flax}, {paper}, [or] {wood}, varieties of amianthus. {Fossil farina}, a soft carbonate of lime. {Fossil ore}, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
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Flaxy \Flax"y\, a. Like flax; flaxen. --Sir M. Sandys.
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Fleagh \Fleagh\, obs. imp. of {Fly}.
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Fleak \Fleak\, n. A flake; a thread or twist. [Obs.] Little long fleaks or threads of hemp. --Dr. H. More.
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Fleck \Fleck\, n. A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] --J. Martin.
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Fleck \Fleck\, n. [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fl[84]ck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.] A spot; a streak; a speckle. [bd]A sunny fleck.[b8] --Longfellow. Life is dashed with flecks of sin. --tennyson.
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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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Fleece \Fleece\, n. [OE. flees, AS. fle[a2]s; akin to D. flies, vlies .] 1. The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. Who shore me Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece. --Milton. 2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece. 3. (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine. {Fleece wool}, wool shorn from the sheep. {Golden fleece}. See under {Golden}.
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Fleecy \Flee"cy\, a. Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece. [bd]Fleecy flocks.[b8] --Prior.
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Fleigh \Fleigh\, obs. imp. of {Fly}. --Chaucer.
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Flesh \Flesh\, n. [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl[?]sc; akin to OFries. fl[be]sk, D. vleesch, OS. fl[?]sk, OHG. fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw. fl[84]sk.] 1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles. Note: In composition it is mainly albuminous
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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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Fleshy \Flesh"y\, a. [Compar. {Fleshier}; superl. {Fleshiest}.] 1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. --Ray. 2. Human. [Obs.] [bd]Fleshy tabernacle.[b8] --Milton. 3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
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Fluke \Fluke\ (fl[umac]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[omac]c a kind of flatfish, Icel. fl[omac]ki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}]. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species ({Fasciola hepatica} and {Distoma lanceolatum}) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot. [1913 Webster]
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Flews \Flews\, n. pl. The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also {chaps}. See Illust. of {Bloodhound}.
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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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Flex \Flex\, n. Flax. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Flick \Flick\, v. t. To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a whiplash. Rude boys were flicking butter pats across chaos. --Kipling.
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Flick \Flick\, n. [See {Flick}, v. t.] A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow. She actually took the whip out of his hand and gave a flick to the pony. --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
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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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Flick \Flick\, n. A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.
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Fly \Fly\, n.; pl. {Flies} (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS. fl[ymac]ge, fle[a2]ge, fr. fle[a2]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg, OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root] 84. See {Fly}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly. (b) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See {Diptera}, and Illust. in Append. 2. A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing. [bd]The fur-wrought fly.[b8] --Gay.
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Flisk \Flisk\, v. i. To frisk; to skip; to caper. [Obs. Scot.] [bd]The flisking flies.[b8] --Gosson.
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Flisk \Flisk\, n. A caper; a spring; a whim. [Scot.]
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Flix \Flix\, n. [Cf. {Flax}.] Down; fur. [Obs. or Eng.] --J. Dyer.
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Flix \Flix\, n. The flux; dysentery. [Obs.] --Udall. {Flix weed} (Bot.), the {Sisymbrium Sophia}, a kind of hedge mustard, formerly used as a remedy for dysentery.
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d8Floccus \[d8]Floc"cus\, n.; pl. {Flocci}. [L., a flock of wool.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds. 2. (Bot.) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.
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Flock \Flock\, v. t. To flock to; to crowd. [Obs.] Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so. --Taylor (1609).
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Flock \Flock\, n. [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG. floccho, Icel. fl[omac]ki, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker, or cf. L. floccus, F. floc.] 1. A lock of wool or hair. I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel]. --Shak. 2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. [or] pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture. 3. Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose. {Flock bed}, a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. [bd]Once a flock bed, but repaired with straw.[b8] --Pope. {Flock paper}, paper coated with flock fixed with glue or size.
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Flock \Flock\, n. [AS. flocc flock, company; akin to Icel. flokkr crowd, Sw. flock, Dan. flok; prob. orig. used of flows, and akin to E. fly. See {Fly}.] 1. A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl. --Milton. The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks. --2 Macc. xiv. 14. 2. A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge. As half amazed, half frighted all his flock. --Tennyson.
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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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Flock \Flock\, v. t. To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.
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Flocky \Flock"y\, a. Abounding with flocks; floccose.
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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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Fluke \Fluke\ (fl[umac]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[omac]c a kind of flatfish, Icel. fl[omac]ki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}]. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species ({Fasciola hepatica} and {Distoma lanceolatum}) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot. [1913 Webster]
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Flook \Flook\, n. A fluke of an anchor.
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Fluke \Fluke\ (fl[umac]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[omac]c a kind of flatfish, Icel. fl[omac]ki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}]. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species ({Fasciola hepatica} and {Distoma lanceolatum}) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot. [1913 Webster]
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Flook \Flook\, n. A fluke of an anchor.
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Flooky \Flook"y\, a. Fluky.
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Flosh \Flosh\, n. [Cf. G. fl[94]sse a trough in which tin ore is washed.] (Metallurgy) A hopper-shaped box or [?]nortar in which ore is placed for the action of the stamps. --Knight.
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Floss \Floss\, n. A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male.
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Floss \Floss\ (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. {Floss silk}, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also {floxed silk}. {Floss thread}, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also {linen floss}, and {floss yarn}. --McElrath.
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Floss \Floss\, n. [Cf. G. floss a float.] 1. A small stream of water. [Eng.] 2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present. {Floss hole}. (a) A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the slags pass out. (b) The tap hole of a melting furnace. --Knight.
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Flossy \Floss"y\ (?; 115), a. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light; downy.
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Flowage \Flow"age\ (?; 48), n. An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows.
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Flowk \Flowk\ (? [or] ?), n. (Zo[94]l.) See 1st {Fluke}.
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Fluke \Fluke\ (fl[umac]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[omac]c a kind of flatfish, Icel. fl[omac]ki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}]. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species ({Fasciola hepatica} and {Distoma lanceolatum}) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot. [1913 Webster]
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Flowk \Flowk\ (? [or] ?), n. (Zo[94]l.) See 1st {Fluke}.
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Fluke \Fluke\ (fl[umac]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[omac]c a kind of flatfish, Icel. fl[omac]ki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}]. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species ({Fasciola hepatica} and {Distoma lanceolatum}) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot. [1913 Webster]
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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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Fluke \Fluke\ (fl[umac]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[omac]c a kind of flatfish, Icel. fl[omac]ki a kind of halibut.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}]. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species ({Fasciola hepatica} and {Distoma lanceolatum}) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot. [1913 Webster]
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Fluke \Fluke\ (fl[umac]k), n. [Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly.] 1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See {Anchor}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor. 3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting. 4. An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [Cant, Eng.] --A. Trollope.
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Fluky \Fluk"y\, a. Formed like, or having, a fluke.
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Flush \Flush\, v. t. To cause by flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.
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Flush \Flush\, v. i. (Mining) (a) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood. (b) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
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Flush \Flush\, n. 1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. In manner of a wave or flush. --Ray. 2. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow. The flush of angered shame. --Tennyson. 3. Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset. 4. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy. 5. A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed. 6. [From F. or Sp. flux. Cf. {Flux}.] A hand of cards of the same suit.
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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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Flush \Flush\, v. t. 1. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer. 2. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement. Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek. --Gay. Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow. --Keats. 3. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood. How faintly flushed. how phantom fair, Was Monte Rosa, hanging there! --Tennyson. 4. To excite; to animate; to stir. Such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition. --South. 5. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird. --Nares. {To flush a joints} (Masonry), to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush.
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Flush \Flush\, a. 1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. --Shak. 2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. --Arbuthnot. 3. (Arch. & Mech.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint. 4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit. {Flush bolt}. (a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface. (b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith. {Flush deck}. (Naut.) See under {Deck}, n., 1. {Flush tank}, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.
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Flush \Flush\, adv. So as to be level or even.
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Flux \Flux\ (fl[ucr]ks), n. [L. fluxus, fr. fluere, fluxum, to flow: cf.F. flux. See {Fluent}, and cf. 1st & 2d {Floss}, {Flush}, n., 6.] 1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change. By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body. --Arbuthnot. Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore. --Trench. Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux. --Felton. 2. The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the {reflux}. 3. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion. 4. (Chem. & Metal.) Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite. Note: {White flux} is the residuum of the combustion of a mixture of equal parts of niter and tartar. It consists chiefly of the carbonate of potassium, and is white. -- {Black flux} is the ressiduum of the combustion of one part of niter and two of tartar, and consists essentially of a mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal. 5. (Med.) (a) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See {Bloody flux}. (b) The matter thus discharged. 6. (Physics) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.
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Flux \Flux\, a. [L. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See {Flux}, n.] Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable. The flux nature of all things here. --Barrow.
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Flux \Flux\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fluxed} (fl[ucr]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluxing}.] 1. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world. --South. 2. To cause to become fluid; to fuse. --Kirwan. 3. (Med.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.] A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B. Jonson. 4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger. 5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.] 6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end. 7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows. 8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. --Totten. 9. (Mech.) (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock. (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See {Fly wheel} (below). 10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight. 11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn. 12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. --Knight. 13. (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press. (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work. 14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place. 15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater. 16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons. 17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block} (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L. Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. -- {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray. {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects. {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut. {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose flowers resemble flies. {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that feed upon or are entangled by it. {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies. {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly. {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table. {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly. {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill. {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9. {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a batted ball caught before touching the ground.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flysch \Flysch\ (fl?sh), n. [A Swiss word, fr. G. fliessen to flow, melt.] (Geol.) A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliage \Fo"li*age\, n. [OF. foillage, fueillage, F. feuillage, fr. OF. foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium. See 3d {Foil}, and cf. {Foliation}, {Filemot}.] 1. Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage. 2. A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc. {Foliage plant} (Bot.), any plant cultivated for the beauty of its leaves, as many kinds of {Begonia} and {Coleus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliage \Fo"li*age\, v. t. To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. [R.] --Drummond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Folio \Fol"io\, n.; pl. {Folios}. [Ablative of L. folium leaf. See 4th {Foil}.] 1. A leaf of a book or manuscript. 2. A sheet of paper once folded. 3. A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind. See Note under {Paper}. 4. (Print.) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand. 5. A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number. 6. (Law) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words. {Folio post}, a flat writing paper, usually 17 by 24 inches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliose \Fo`li*ose"\, a. [L. foliosus, fr. folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having many leaves; leafy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Folious \Fo"li*ous\, a. [See {Foliose}.] 1. Like a leaf; thin; unsubstantial. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Bot.) Foliose. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Folly \Fol"ly\, n.; pl. {Follies}. [OE. folie, foli, F. folie, fr. fol, fou, foolish, mad. See {Fool}.] 1. The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind. 2. A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery. What folly 'tis to hazard life for ill. --Shak. 3. Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness. [Achan] wrought folly in Israel. --Josh. vii. 15. When lovely woman stoops to folly. --Goldsmith. 4. The result of a foolish action or enterprise. It is called this man's or that man's [bd]folly,[b8] and name of the foolish builder is thus kept alive for long after years. --Trench.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, n. pl.; sing. {Foolah}. (Ethnol.) Same as {Fulahs}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fulahs \Fu"lahs`\, Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, n. pl.; sing. {Fulah}, {Foolah}. (Ethnol.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also {Fellatahs}, {Foulahs}, and {Fellani}. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire, tribes, language.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foolish \Fool"ish\, a. 1. Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise. I am a very foolish fond old man. --Shak. 2. Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act. 3. Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible. A foolish figure he must make. --Prior. Syn: Absurd; shallow; shallow-brained; brainless; simple; irrational; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious; silly; ridiculous; vain; trifling; contemptible. See {Absurd}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hawse \Hawse\ (h[add]z or h[add]s; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole, or hole in the ship; cf. Icel. hals, h[be]ls, neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See {Collar}, and cf. {Halse} to embrace.] 1. A hawse hole. --Harris. 2. (Naut.) (a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow. (b) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse. (c) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables. {Athwart hawse}. See under {Athwart}. {Foul hawse}, a hawse in which the cables cross each other, or are twisted together. {Hawse block}, a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea; -- called also {hawse plug}. {Hawse hole}, a hole in the bow of a ship, through which a cable passes. {Hawse piece}, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse hole is cut. {Hawse plug}. Same as {Hawse block} (above). {To come in at the hawse holes}, to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. [Cant] {To freshen the hawse}, to veer out a little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fulahs \Fu"lahs`\, Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, n. pl.; sing. {Fulah}, {Foolah}. (Ethnol.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also {Fellatahs}, {Foulahs}, and {Fellani}. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire, tribes, language.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fowl \Fowl\, n. Note: Instead of the pl. {Fowls} the singular is often used collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, f[86]gel, Goth. fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal.] 1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air. --Gen. i. 26. Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not. --Matt. vi. 26. Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. --Shak. 2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen ({Gallus domesticus}). {Barndoor fowl}, [or] {Barnyard fowl}, a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fulahs \Fu"lahs`\, Foolahs \Foo"lahs`\, n. pl.; sing. {Fulah}, {Foolah}. (Ethnol.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also {Fellatahs}, {Foulahs}, and {Fellani}. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire, tribes, language.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow ground.[b8] --Milton. Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}. {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes. {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay and for pasture. See {Grass}. {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.] {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}. (b) The American coot ({Fulica}). (c) The clapper rail. {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus of American birds allied to the starlings. The common species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black crescent. {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola}, as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called also {field mouse}, and {field vole}. {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes. {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite. {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}. {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}. {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe. {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species. {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}. {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}. {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel. {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Full \Full\, a. [Compar. {Fuller}; superl. {Fullest}.] [OE. & AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol, OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth. fulls, L. plenus, Gr. [?], Skr. p[?]rna full, pr[?] to fill, also to Gr. [?] much, E. poly-, pref., G. viel, AS. fela. [root]80. Cf. {Complete}, {Fill}, {Plenary}, {Plenty}.] 1. Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people. Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular. --Blackstone. 2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture. 3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon. It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. --Gen. xii. 1. The man commands Like a full soldier. --Shak. I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. --Ford. 4. Sated; surfeited. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i. 11. 5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. Reading maketh a full man. --Bacon. 6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. --Locke. 7. Filled with emotions. The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. --Lowell. 8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.] Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. --Dryden. {At full}, when full or complete. --Shak. {Full age} (Law) the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the age of 21 years. --Abbott. {Full and by} (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible. {Full band} (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are employed. {Full binding}, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding. {Full bottom}, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom. {Full} {brother [or] sister}, a brother or sister having the same parents as another. {Full cry} (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together. {Full dress}, the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony. {Full hand} (Poker), three of a kind and a pair. {Full moon}. (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun. (b) The time when the moon is full. {Full organ} (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are out. {Full score} (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are given. {Full sea}, high water. {Full swing}, free course; unrestrained liberty; [bd]Leaving corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its own extravagant actings.[b8] South (Colloq.) {In full}, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures. {In full blast}. See under {Blast}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Full house \Full house\ (Poker) A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Full \Full\, a. [Compar. {Fuller}; superl. {Fullest}.] [OE. & AS. ful; akin to OS. ful, D. vol, OHG. fol, G. voll, Icel. fullr, Sw. full, Dan. fuld, Goth. fulls, L. plenus, Gr. [?], Skr. p[?]rna full, pr[?] to fill, also to Gr. [?] much, E. poly-, pref., G. viel, AS. fela. [root]80. Cf. {Complete}, {Fill}, {Plenary}, {Plenty}.] 1. Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people. Had the throne been full, their meeting would not have been regular. --Blackstone. 2. Abundantly furnished or provided; sufficient in. quantity, quality, or degree; copious; plenteous; ample; adequate; as, a full meal; a full supply; a full voice; a full compensation; a house full of furniture. 3. Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon. It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. --Gen. xii. 1. The man commands Like a full soldier. --Shak. I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. --Ford. 4. Sated; surfeited. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams. --Is. i. 11. 5. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. Reading maketh a full man. --Bacon. 6. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. Every one is full of the miracles done by cold baths on decayed and weak constitutions. --Locke. 7. Filled with emotions. The heart is so full that a drop overfills it. --Lowell. 8. Impregnated; made pregnant. [Obs.] Ilia, the fair, . . . full of Mars. --Dryden. {At full}, when full or complete. --Shak. {Full age} (Law) the age at which one attains full personal rights; majority; -- in England and the United States the age of 21 years. --Abbott. {Full and by} (Naut.), sailing closehauled, having all the sails full, and lying as near the wind as poesible. {Full band} (Mus.), a band in which all the instruments are employed. {Full binding}, the binding of a book when made wholly of leather, as distinguished from half binding. {Full bottom}, a kind of wig full and large at the bottom. {Full} {brother [or] sister}, a brother or sister having the same parents as another. {Full cry} (Hunting), eager chase; -- said of hounds that have caught the scent, and give tongue together. {Full dress}, the dress prescribed by authority or by etiquette to be worn on occasions of ceremony. {Full hand} (Poker), three of a kind and a pair. {Full moon}. (a) The moon with its whole disk illuminated, as when opposite to the sun. (b) The time when the moon is full. {Full organ} (Mus.), the organ when all or most stops are out. {Full score} (Mus.), a score in which all the parts for voices and instruments are given. {Full sea}, high water. {Full swing}, free course; unrestrained liberty; [bd]Leaving corrupt nature to . . . the full swing and freedom of its own extravagant actings.[b8] South (Colloq.) {In full}, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures. {In full blast}. See under {Blast}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fullage \Full"age\, n. The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth. --Johnson.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Faleasao, AS (village, FIPS 30500) Location: 14.19566 S, 169.49686 W Population (1990): 246 (39 housing units) Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 44.8 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fallis, OK (town, FIPS 25250) Location: 35.74920 N, 97.11813 W Population (1990): 49 (23 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Falls, PA Zip code(s): 18615
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fellows, CA Zip code(s): 93224
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
filk /filk/ n.,v. [from SF fandom, where a typo for `folk' was adopted as a new word] A popular or folk song with lyrics revised or completely new lyrics and/or music, intended for humorous effect when read, and/or to be sung late at night at SF conventions. There is a flourishing subgenre of these called `computer filks', written by hackers and often containing rather sophisticated technical humor. See {double bucky} for an example. Compare {grilf}, {hing}, {pr0n}, and {newsfroup}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
flag n. [very common] A variable or quantity that can take on one of two values; a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one of two outcomes or is used to control which of two things is to be done. "This flag controls whether to clear the screen before printing the message." "The program status word contains several flag bits." Used of humans analogously to {bit}. See also {hidden flag}, {mode bit}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
flaky adj. (var sp. `flakey') Subject to frequent {lossage}. This use is of course related to the common slang use of the word to describe a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable. A system that is flaky is working, sort of -- enough that you are tempted to try to use it -- but fails frequently enough that the odds in favor of finishing what you start are low. Commonwealth hackish prefers {dodgy} or {wonky}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
flush v. 1. [common] To delete something, usually superfluous, or to abort an operation. "All that nonsense has been flushed." 2. [Unix/C] To force buffered I/O to disk, as with an `fflush(3)' call. This is _not_ an abort or deletion as in sense 1, but a demand for early completion! 3. To leave at the end of a day's work (as opposed to leaving for a meal). "I'm going to flush now." "Time to flush." 4. To exclude someone from an activity, or to ignore a person. `Flush' was standard ITS terminology for aborting an output operation; one spoke of the text that would have been printed, but was not, as having been flushed. It is speculated that this term arose from a vivid image of flushing unwanted characters by hosing down the internal output buffer, washing the characters away before they could be printed. The Unix/C usage, on the other hand, was propagated by the `fflush(3)' call in C's standard I/O library (though it is reported to have been in use among BLISS programmers at {DEC} and on Honeywell and IBM machines as far back as 1965). Unix/C hackers found the ITS usage confusing, and vice versa.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FALSE A small, compiled extensible language with {lambda abstraction}s by W. van Oortmerssen. {For Amiga (ftp://ftp.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/amiga/fish/ff885)}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
filk /filk/ [SF fandom, where a typo for "folk" was adopted as a new word] A popular or folk song with lyrics revised or completely new lyrics, intended for humorous effect when read, and/or to be sung late at night at SF conventions. There is a flourishing subgenre of these called "computer filks", written by hackers and often containing rather sophisticated technical humour. See {double bucky} for an example. Compare {grilf}, {hing} and {newsfroup}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flag 1. A variable or quantity that can take on one of two values; a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one of two outcomes or is used to control which of two things is to be done. "This flag controls whether to clear the screen before printing the message." "The program status word contains several flag bits." See also {hidden flag}, {mode bit}. 2. {command line option}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-05-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flaky (Or "flakey") Subject to frequent {lossage}. This use is of course related to the common slang use of the word to describe a person as eccentric, crazy, or just unreliable. A system that is flaky is working, sort of - enough that you are tempted to try to use it - but fails frequently enough that the odds in favour of finishing what you start are low. Commonwealth hackish prefers {dodgy}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-01-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flash (Or "Shockwave Flash") A file format for delivering {interactive} {vector graphics} and animation on the {World-Wide Web}, developed by {Macromedia}. {Home (http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/)}. (1998-07-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flash 1. A program which allows one to flood another {Unix} user's {terminal} with {garbage}, through exploiting a common security hole in the victim's {host}'s {talk} {daemon}. Users with "messages off" (mesg n) and users on systems running fixed talk daemons, or not running talk daemons at all, are immune. (1996-09-08) 2. See {Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory}. (1997-02-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flash (Or "Shockwave Flash") A file format for delivering {interactive} {vector graphics} and animation on the {World-Wide Web}, developed by {Macromedia}. {Home (http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/)}. (1998-07-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flash 1. A program which allows one to flood another {Unix} user's {terminal} with {garbage}, through exploiting a common security hole in the victim's {host}'s {talk} {daemon}. Users with "messages off" (mesg n) and users on systems running fixed talk daemons, or not running talk daemons at all, are immune. (1996-09-08) 2. See {Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory}. (1997-02-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flex++ {GNU}'s {Flex} {scanner generator} retargeted to {C++} by Alain Coetmeur . Version 3.0. {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/flex++.tar.gz)}. {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/misc++.tar.gz)}. {(ftp://ftp.th-darmstadt.de/pub/programming/languages/C++/tools/flex++-3.0.tar.gz)}. (1993-07-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLEX 1. {Faster LEX}. 2. A {real-time} language for dynamic environments. ["FLEX: Towards Flexible Real-Time Programs", K. Lin et al, Computer Langs 16(1):65-79, Jan 1991]. 3. An early {object-oriented} language developed for the {FLEX} machine by {Alan Kay} in about 1967. The FLEX language was a simplification of {Simula} and a predecessor of {Smalltalk}. (1995-03-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flex A system developed by Ian Currie (Iain?) at the (then) {Royal Signals and Radar Establishment} at Malvern in the late 1970s. The hardware was custom and {microprogrammable}, with an {operating system}, (modular) {compiler}, editor, {garbage collector} and {filing system} all written in {Algol-68}. Flex was also re-implemented on the {Perq}(?). [I. F. Currie and others, "Flex Firmware", Technical Report, RSRE, Number 81009, 1981]. [I. F. Currie, "In Praise of Procedures", RSRE, 1982]. (1997-11-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flex++ {GNU}'s {Flex} {scanner generator} retargeted to {C++} by Alain Coetmeur . Version 3.0. {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/flex++.tar.gz)}. {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/misc++.tar.gz)}. {(ftp://ftp.th-darmstadt.de/pub/programming/languages/C++/tools/flex++-3.0.tar.gz)}. (1993-07-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLEX 1. {Faster LEX}. 2. A {real-time} language for dynamic environments. ["FLEX: Towards Flexible Real-Time Programs", K. Lin et al, Computer Langs 16(1):65-79, Jan 1991]. 3. An early {object-oriented} language developed for the {FLEX} machine by {Alan Kay} in about 1967. The FLEX language was a simplification of {Simula} and a predecessor of {Smalltalk}. (1995-03-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flex A system developed by Ian Currie (Iain?) at the (then) {Royal Signals and Radar Establishment} at Malvern in the late 1970s. The hardware was custom and {microprogrammable}, with an {operating system}, (modular) {compiler}, editor, {garbage collector} and {filing system} all written in {Algol-68}. Flex was also re-implemented on the {Perq}(?). [I. F. Currie and others, "Flex Firmware", Technical Report, RSRE, Number 81009, 1981]. [I. F. Currie, "In Praise of Procedures", RSRE, 1982]. (1997-11-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flex++ {GNU}'s {Flex} {scanner generator} retargeted to {C++} by Alain Coetmeur . Version 3.0. {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/flex++.tar.gz)}. {(ftp://iecc.com/pub/file/misc++.tar.gz)}. {(ftp://ftp.th-darmstadt.de/pub/programming/languages/C++/tools/flex++-3.0.tar.gz)}. (1993-07-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLEX 1. {Faster LEX}. 2. A {real-time} language for dynamic environments. ["FLEX: Towards Flexible Real-Time Programs", K. Lin et al, Computer Langs 16(1):65-79, Jan 1991]. 3. An early {object-oriented} language developed for the {FLEX} machine by {Alan Kay} in about 1967. The FLEX language was a simplification of {Simula} and a predecessor of {Smalltalk}. (1995-03-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flex A system developed by Ian Currie (Iain?) at the (then) {Royal Signals and Radar Establishment} at Malvern in the late 1970s. The hardware was custom and {microprogrammable}, with an {operating system}, (modular) {compiler}, editor, {garbage collector} and {filing system} all written in {Algol-68}. Flex was also re-implemented on the {Perq}(?). [I. F. Currie and others, "Flex Firmware", Technical Report, RSRE, Number 81009, 1981]. [I. F. Currie, "In Praise of Procedures", RSRE, 1982]. (1997-11-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Flex 2 A preprocessor designed to make {Fortran} look more like {Pascal}. (About 1980). DECUS?
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLIC Functional Language Intermediate Code. An {intermediate language} used in the {Chalmers} {LML} compiler. ["FLIC - A Functional Language Intermediate Code", S. Peyton Jones et al, RR 148, U Warwick, Sep 1989]. (1995-01-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flush 1. To delete something, usually superfluous, or to abort an operation. "Flush" was standard {ITS} terminology for aborting an output operation. One spoke of the text that would have been printed, but was not, as having been flushed. It is speculated that this term arose from a vivid image of flushing unwanted characters by hosing down the internal output buffer, washing the characters away before they could be printed. 2. To force temporarily buffered data to be written to more permanent memory. E.g. flushing buffered disk I/O to disk, as with {C}'s {standard I/O} library "fflush(3)" call. This sense was in use among {BLISS} programmers at {DEC} and on {Honeywell} and {IBM} machines as far back as 1965. Another example of this usage is flushing a {cache} on a {context switch} where modified data stored in the cace which belongs to one processes must be written out to main memory so that the cache can be used by another process. [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Felix happy, the Roman procurator of Judea before whom Paul "reasoned" (Acts 24:25). He appears to have expected a bribe from Paul, and therefore had several interviews with him. The "worthy deeds" referred to in 24:2 was his clearing the country of banditti and impostors. At the end of a two years' term, Porcius Festus was appointed in the room of Felix (A.D. 60), who proceeded to Rome, and was there accused of cruelty and malversation of office by the Jews of Caesarea. The accusation was rendered nugatory by the influence of his brother Pallas with Nero. (See Josephus, Ant. xx. 8, 9.) Drusilla, the daughter of Herod Agrippa, having been induced by Felix to desert her husband, the king of Emesa, became his adulterous companion. She was seated beside him when Paul "reasoned" before the judge. When Felix gave place to Festus, being "willing to do the Jews a pleasure," he left Paul bound.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Flag (Heb., or rather Egyptian, ahu, Job 8:11), rendered "meadow" in Gen. 41:2, 18; probably the Cyperus esculentus, a species of rush eaten by cattle, the Nile reed. It also grows in Palestine. In Ex. 2:3, 5, Isa. 19:6, it is the rendering of the Hebrew _suph_, a word which occurs frequently in connection with _yam_; as _yam suph_, to denote the "Red Sea" (q.v.) or the sea of weeds (as this word is rendered, Jonah 2:5). It denotes some kind of sedge or reed which grows in marshy places. (See PAPER ¯T0002840, {REED}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Flax (Heb. pishtah, i.e., "peeled", in allusion to the fact that the stalks of flax when dried were first split or peeled before being steeped in water for the purpose of destroying the pulp). This plant was cultivated from earliest times. The flax of Egypt was destroyed by the plague of hail when it "was bolled", i.e., was forming pods for seed (Ex. 9:31). It was extensively cultivated both in Egypt and Palestine. Reference is made in Josh. 2:6 to the custom of drying flax-stalks by exposing them to the sun on the flat roofs of houses. It was much used in forming articles of clothing such as girdles, also cords and bands (Lev. 13:48, 52, 59; Deut. 22:11). (See {LINEN}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fleece the wool of a sheep, whether shorn off or still attached to the skin (Deut. 18:4; Job 31:20). The miracle of Gideon's fleece (Judg. 6:37-40) consisted in the dew having fallen at one time on the fleece without any on the floor, and at another time in the fleece remaining dry while the ground was wet with dew.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Flesh in the Old Testament denotes (1) a particular part of the body of man and animals (Gen. 2:21; 41:2; Ps. 102:5, marg.); (2) the whole body (Ps. 16:9); (3) all living things having flesh, and particularly humanity as a whole (Gen. 6:12, 13); (4) mutability and weakness (2 Chr. 32:8; comp. Isa. 31:3; Ps. 78:39). As suggesting the idea of softness it is used in the expression "heart of flesh" (Ezek. 11:19). The expression "my flesh and bone" (Judg. 9:2; Isa. 58:7) denotes relationship. In the New Testament, besides these it is also used to denote the sinful element of human nature as opposed to the "Spirit" (Rom. 6:19; Matt. 16:17). Being "in the flesh" means being unrenewed (Rom. 7:5; 8:8, 9), and to live "according to the flesh" is to live and act sinfully (Rom. 8:4, 5, 7, 12). This word also denotes the human nature of Christ (John 1:14, "The Word was made flesh." Comp. also 1 Tim. 3:16; Rom. 1:3).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Felix, happy, prosperous