Webster's Dictionary 1913

1783

Flaccid

Flac″cid (flăk″sĭd), a. [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.] Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flab...

1784

Flaccidity

Flac‐cid″i‐ty (flăk‐sĭd″ĭ‐ty̆), n. [Cf. F. flaccidité.] The state of being flaccid.

1785

Flacherie

‖Flache′rie″ (flȧsh′rē″), n. A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves.

1786

Flacker

Flack″er (?), v. i. [OE. flakeren, fr. flacken to move quickly to and fro; cf. icel. flakka to rove about, AS. flacor fluttering, flying, G. flackern to flare, flicker.] To flut...

1787

Flacket

Flack″et (?), n. [OF. flasquet little flask, dim. of flasque a flask.] A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.

1788

Flacon

‖Fla″con (flȧ″kôn), n. [F. See Flagon.] A small glass bottle; as, a flacon for perfume. “Two glass flacons for the ink.” Longfellow.

1789

Flag

Flag (flăg), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Flagged (flăgd); p. pr. & vb. n.Flagging (–gĭng).] [Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an ensign.] 1. To hang loose withou...

1790

Flag (10)

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...

1791

Flag (2)

Flag (flăg), 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 s...

1792

Flag (3)

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 a...

1793

Flag (4)

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 vesse...

1794

Flag (5)

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-t...

1795

Flag (6)

Flag, v. t. To furnish or deck out with flags.

1796

Flag (7)

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, ev...

1797

Flag (8)

Flag, v. t. To lay with flags of flat stones.The sides and floor are all flagged with... marble. Sandys.

1798

Flag (9)

Flag, n.(Zoöl.) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; — called also flag feather.

1799

Flagellant

Flag″el‐lant (?), n. [L. flagellans, p. p. of flagellare: cf.F. flagellant. See Flagellate.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14t...

1800

Flagellata

‖Flag′el‐la″ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr.L. flagellatus, p. p. SeeFlagellate, v. t.] (Zoöl.) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It in...

1801

Flagellate

Flag″el‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Flagellated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Flagellating (?).] [L. flagellatus, p. p. of flagellare to scoure, fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum whip,...

1802

Flagellate (2)

Fla‐gel″late (?), a. 1. Flagelliform.2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.

1803

Flagellation

Flag′el‐la″tion (?), n. [L. flagellatio: cf. F. flagellation.] A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth.

1804

Flagellator

Flag″el‐la′tor (?), n. One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges.

1805

Flagelliform

Fla‐gel″li‐form (?), a. [L. flagellum a whip + -form.] Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.

1806

Flagellum

‖Fla‐gel″lum (?), n.; pl. E. Flagellums (#), L. Flagella (#). [L., a whip. See Flagellate, v. t.] 1. (Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of...

1807

Flageolet

Flag″eo‐let′ (?), n. [F. flageolet, dim. of OF. flaj�l (as if fr. a LL. flautio;us), of flaüte, flahute, F. fl�te. See Flute.] (Mus.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more hol...

1808

Flagginess

Flag″gi‐ness (?), n. The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness. Johnson.

1809

Flagging

Flag″ging (?), n. A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.