Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FIXED

FIX'ED, participle passive Settled; established; firm; fast; stable.Fixed air, an invisible and permanently elastic fluid, heavier than common air and fatal to animal life, prod...

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FIXEDLY

FIX'EDLY, adverb Firmly; in a settled or established manner; steadfastly.

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FIXEDNESS

FIX'EDNESS, noun1. A state of being fixed; stability; firmness; steadfastness; as a fixedness in religion or politics; fixedness of opinion on any subject.2. The state of a body...

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FIXIDITY

FIXID'ITY, noun Fixedness. [Not used.]

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FIXITY

FIX'ITY, noun Fixedness; coherence of parts; that property of bodies by which they resist dissipation by heat.

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FIXTURE

FIX'TURE, noun1. Position.2. Fixedness; firm pressure; as the fixture of the foot.3. Firmness; stable state.4. That which is fixed to a building; any appendage or part of the fu...

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FIXURE

FIX'URE, noun Position; stable pressure; firmness. [Little used.]FIZ'GIG, noun1. A fishgig, which see.2. A gadding flirting girl.3. A fire-work, made of powder rolled up in a pa...

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FIZGIG

FIZ'GIG, noun An instrument used for striking fish at sea, consisting of a staff with barbed prongs, and a line fastened just above the prongs.

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FIZZ

FIZZ,FIZ'ZLE, verb intransitive To make a hissing sound.

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FIZZLE

FIZ'ZLE, v.i. To make a hissing sound.

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FLABBINESS

FLAB'BINESS, noun [See Flabby.] A soft, flexible state of a substance, which renders it easily movable and yielding to pressure.

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FLABBY

FLAB'BY, adjectiveSoft; yielding to the touch and easily moved or shaken; easily bent; hanging loose by its own weight; as flabby flesh.

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FLACCID

FLAC'CID, adjective [Latin flaccidus, from flacceo, to hand down, to flag.]Soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; hanging down by its own weight; yielding to pressure for want of...

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FLACCIDITY

FLACCID'ITY, noun Laxity; limberness: want of firmness or stiffness.

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FLACCIDNESS

FLAC'CIDNESS or FLACCIDITY, noun. Laxity; limberness: want of firmness or stiffness.

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FLAG

FLAG, verb intransitive [Latin flacceo. See Flaccid. The sense is primarily to bend, or rather to recede, to lag.]1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down as flexible bo...

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FLAGBROOM

FLAG'BROOM, noun A broom for sweeping flags.

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FLAGELET

FLAG'ELET, noun [Latin flatus, by corruption or Gr. oblique, and a flute.]A small flute; a small wind instrument of music.

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FLAGELLANT

FLAG'ELLANT, noun [Latin flagellans, from flagello, to flog.]One who whips himself in religious discipline. The flagellants were a fanatical sect which arose in Italy, AD. 1260,...

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FLAGELLATE

FLAG'ELLATE, verb transitive To whip; to scourge.

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FLAGELLATION

FLAGELLA'TION, noun [Latin flagello, to beat or whip, to flog, from flagellum, a whip, scourge or flail. See Flail and Flog.]A beating or whipping; a flogging; the discipline of...

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FLAGGED

FLAG'GED, participle passive Laid with flat stones.

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FLAGGINESS

FLAG'GINESS, noun Laxity; limberness; want of tension.

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FLAGGING

FLAG'GING, participle present tense Growing weak; drooping; laying with flat stones.

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FLAGGY

FLAG'GY, adjective1. Weak; flexible; limber; not stiff.2. Weak in taste; insipid; as a flaggy apple.3. Abounding with flags, the plant.

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FLAGITIOUS

FLAGI'TIOUS, adjective [Latin flagitium, a scandalous crime, probably from the root of flagrant.]1. Deeply criminal; grossly wicked; villainous; atrocious; scandalous; as a flag...

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FLAGITIOUSLY

FLAGI'TIOUSLY, adverb With extreme wickedness.