Webster's Dictionary 1913

1918

Flat (2)

Flat (?), adv. 1. In a flat manner; directly; flatly.Sin is flat opposite to the Almighty. Herbert.2. (Stock Exchange) Without allowance for accrued interest.

1919

Flat (3)

Flat, n. 1. A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river...

1920

Flat (4)

Flat (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Flatted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Flatting (?).] 1. To make flat; to flatten; to level.2. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.Passions are ...

1921

Flat (5)

Flat, v. i. 1. To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface. Sir W. Temple.2. (Mus.) To fall form the pitch.To flat out, to fail from a promising beginning; ...

1922

Flat (6)

Flat, a. 1. (Golf) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft; — said of a club.2. (Gram.) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, as a noun used as an adjective, or a...

1923

Flat foot

Flat″ foot′ (?). (Med.) A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, e...

1924

Flat-bottomed

Flat″–bot′tomed (?), a. Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat.

1925

Flat-cap

Flat″–cap′ (?), n. A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; — hence, a citizen of London. Marston.

1926

Flat-footed

Flat″–foot′ed, a. 1. Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep.2. Firm-footed; determined.

1927

Flat-headed

Flat″–head′ed (?), a. Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.

1928

Flatbill

Flat″bill′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

1929

Flatboat

Flat″boat′ (?), n. A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; — used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.

1930

Flatfish

Flat″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectidæ; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, an...

1931

Flathead

Flat″head′ (?), a. Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

1932

Flathead (2)

Flat″head′, n.(Ethnol.) A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1.

1933

Flatiron

Flat″i′ron (?), n. An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes.

1934

Flative

Fla″tive (?), a. [L. flare, flatum to blow.] Producing wind; flatulent. A. Brewer.

1935

Flatling

Flat″ling (?), adv. [Flat, a. + adverbial suff. -ling.] With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position. Spenser.

1936

Flatlong

Flat″long (?; 115), adv. With the flat side downward; not edgewise. Shak.

1937

Flatly

Flat″ly, adv. In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit; dully; frigidly; peremptorily; positively; plainly. “He flatly refused his aid.” Sir P. Sidney.He that does...

1938

Flatness

Flat″ness, n. 1. The quality or state of being flat.2. Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.3. Want of vivacity or spirit; prostra...

1939

Flatour

Fla‐tour″ (?), n. A flatterer. Chaucer.

1940

Flatten

Flat″ten (flăt″t'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Flattened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Flattening.] [From Flat, a.] 1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to ...

1941

Flatten (2)

Flat″ten, v. i. To become or grow flat, even, depressed, dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch.

1942

Flatter

Flat″ter (flăt″tẽr), n. 1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.2. (Metal Working) (a) A flat-faced fulling hammer. (b) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice,...

1943

Flatter (2)

Flat″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Flattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Flattering.] [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. fla�ra to fawn, flatter: cf. ...

1944

Flatter (3)

Flat″ter, v. i. To use flattery or insincere praise.If it may stand him more in stead to lie,Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or adjure. Milton.