Flapjack
Flap″jack′ (flăp″jăk′), n. 1. A flat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pancake.2. A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Flapper
Flap″per (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, flaps.2. See Flipper. “The flapper of a porpoise.” Buckley.Flapper skate(Zoöl.), a European skate (Raia intermedia).
Flare
Flare (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Flared (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Flaring.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.] 1. To bur...
Flare (2)
Flare, n. 1. An unsteady, broad, offensive light.2. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
Flare (3)
Flare, n. Leaf of lard. “Pig's flare.” Dunglison.
Flare (4)
Flare, n.(Photog.) A defect in a photographic objective such that an image of the stop, or diaphragm, appears as a fogged spot in the center of the developed negative.
Flare-up
Flare″–up′ (?), n. A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.
Flare-up (2)
Flare″–up′, n. A sudden bursting into flame; a flaring.
Flaring
Flar″ing (?), a. 1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light.His flaring beams. Milton.2. Opening or speading outwards.
Flaringly
Flar″ing‐ly, adv. In a flaring manner.
Flash
Flash (flăsh), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Flashed (flăsht); p. pr. & vb. n.Flashing.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.] 1. To bu...
Flash (2)
Flash (flăsh), 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...
Flash (3)
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 b...
Flash (4)
Flash, a. 1. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.2. Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash peo...
Flash (5)
Flash, n. Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
Flash (6)
Flash, n. [OE. flasche, flaske; cf. OF. flache, F. flaque.] 1. A pool. Haliwell.2. (Engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that...
Flash boiler
Flash boiler. A variety of water-tube boiler, used chiefly in steam automobiles, consisting of a nest of strong tubes with very little water space, kept nearly red hot so that t...
Flash burner
Flash burner. A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.
Flashboard
Flash″board′ (?), n. A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard.
Flasher
Flash″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, flashes.2. A man of more appearance of wit than reality.3. (Zoöl.) (a) A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical se...
Flashily
Flash″i‐ly (?), adv. In a flashy manner; with empty show.
Flashiness
Flash″i‐ness, n. The quality of being flashy.
Flashing
Flash″ing, n. 1. (Engineering) The creation of an artificial flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; — called also flushing.2. (Arch.) Pieces of metal, built into the...
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...
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. vascu...
Flasket
Flask″et (?), n. [Cf. W. fflasged a vessel of straw or wickerwork, fflasg flask, basket, and E. flask.] 1. A long, shallow basket, with two handles.In which they gathered flower...
Flat
Flat (?), a. [Compar.Flatter (?); superl.Flattest (?).] [Akin to Icel. flatr, Sw. flat, Dan. flad, OHG. flaz, and AS. flet floor, G. flötz stratum, layer.] 1. Having an even and...