Fins.
Fin, fin,n.the organ by which a fish balances itself and swims.—n.Fin′-back, a finner or fin-whale.—adjs.Fin′-foot′ed, having feet with toes connected by a membrane;Finned, having fins;Fin′ny, furnished with fins.—n.Fin′-ray, one of the rods or rays supporting a fish's fin.—adj.Fin′-toed, having feet with membranes connecting the toes, as aquatic birds. [A.S.finn; L.pinna, a fin.]
Finable, fīn′a-bl,adj.liable to a fine.
Final, fī′nal,adj.last: decisive, conclusive: respecting the end or motive: of a judgment ready for execution.—ns.Fī′nalism;Fī′nalist;Final′ity, state of being final: completeness or conclusiveness.—adv.Fī′nally.—Final cause(seeCause). [Fr.,—L.finalis—finis, an end.]
Finale, fi-nä′lā,n.the end: the last passage in a piece of music: the concluding piece in a concert. [It.finale, final—L.finis.]
Finance, fi-nans′,n.money affairs or revenue, esp. of a ruler or state: public money: the art of managing or administering the public money.—v.t.to manage financially, to furnish with sums of money.—adj.Finan′cial, pertaining to finance.—n.Finan′cialist, a financier.—adv.Finan′cially.—n.Financier′, one skilled in finance: an officer who administers the public revenue.—v.i.andv.t.to finance. [Fr.,—Low L.financia—Low L.fināre, to pay a fine—finis. SeeFine(2).]
Finch, finsh,n.a name applied to many Passerine birds, esp. to those of the genusFringillaor familyFringillidæ—bullfinch,chaffinch,goldfinch, &c.—adjs.Finch′-backed,Finched, striped or spotted on the back. [A.S.finc; Ger.fink.]
Find, fīnd,v.t.to come upon or meet with: to discover or arrive at: to perceive: to experience: to supply: to determine after judicial inquiry:—pr.p.fīnd′ing;pa.t.andpa.p.found.—ns.Find′er;Find′-fault(Shak.), one who finds fault with another;Find′ing, act of one who finds: that which is found: a judicial verdict: (pl.) the appliances which some workmen have to supply, esp. of shoemakers—everything save leather.—Find one in(something), to supply one with something;Find one's account(in anything), to find satisfactory profit or advantage in it;Find one's legs, to rise, or to recover the use of one's legs, as after being drunk, &c.;Find one's self, to feel, as regards health, happiness, &c.;Find out, to discover. [A.S.findan; Ger.finden.]
Findon-haddock. SeeFinnan-haddock.
Fine, fīn,adj.excellent: beautiful: not coarse or heavy: subtle: thin: slender: exquisite: nice: delicate: overdone: showy: splendid: striking or remarkable (oftenironically): pure, refined: consisting of small particles; sharp, keen.—v.t.to make fine: to refine: to purify: to change by imperceptible degrees.—adv.(Scot.) for finely, well.—v.t.Fine′-draw, to draw or sew up a rent so finely that it is not seen.—p.adj.Fine′-drawn, drawn out too finely.—adj.Fine′ish, somewhat fine.—adv.Fine′ly.—ns.Fine′ness;Fin′er(same asRefiner);Fin′ery, splendour, fine or showy things: a place where anything is fined or refined: a furnace for making iron malleable.—adjs.Fine′-spok′en, using fine phrases;Fine′-spun, finely spun out: artfully contrived.—Fine arts, as painting, sculpture, music, those chiefly concerned with the beautiful—opp. to theUsefulorIndustrial arts. [Fr.,—L.finitus, finished, fromfinīre, to finish,finis, an end.]
Fine, fīn,n.a composition: a sum of money imposed as a punishment.—v.t.to impose a fine on: to punish by fine: (Shak.) to pledge or pawn.—adj.Fine′less(Shak.), endless.—In fine, in conclusion. [Low L.finis, a fine—L.finis, an end.]
Fineer, fi-nēr′,v.i.to get goods on credit by fraudulent artifice. [Prob. Dut.; cog. withFinance.]
Finesse, fi-nes′,n.subtlety of contrivance: artifice: an endeavour by a player holding (say) queen and ace to take the trick with the lower card.—v.i.to use artifice.—ns.Fines′ser;Fines′sing. [Fr.]
Finger, fing′gėr,n.one of the five terminal parts of the hand: a finger-breadth: skill in the use of the hand or fingers: execution in music.—v.t.to handle or perform with the fingers: to pilfer: to toy or meddle with.—v.i.to use lightly with the fingers, as a musical instrument.—ns.Fing′er-al′phabet, a deaf and dumb alphabet;Fing′er-board, the board, or part of a musical instrument, on which the keys for the fingers are placed;Fing′er-bowl,-glass, a bowl for holding the water used to cleanse the fingers after a meal;Fing′er-breadth, the breadth of a finger, the fourth part of a palm, forming1⁄16of a foot.—adj.Fing′ered, having fingers, or anything like fingers.—ns.Fing′er-grass, grass of genusDigitaria;Fing′er-hole, a hole in the side of the tube of a flute, &c., capable of being closed by the player's finger to modify the pitch of tone;Fing′ering, act or manner of touching with the fingers, esp. a musical instrument: a thick woollen yarn for stockings;Fing′erling, a very diminutive being: the parr;Fing′er-mark, a mark, esp. a soil made by the finger;Fing′er-plate, a thin plate of metal or porcelain laid along the edge of a door at the handle, to prevent soiling by the hand;Fing′er-post, a post with a finger pointing, for directing passengers to the road;Fing′er-stall, a covering of leather for protecting the finger.—Finger-and-toe(seeAnbury).—A finger in the pie, a share in the doing of anything, often of vexatious meddling;Have at one's finger-ends, to be perfect master of a subject;Have one's fingers all thumbs, to have awkward fingers. [A.S.finger; Ger.finger.]
Finial.
Finial, fin′i-al,n.the bunch of foliage, &c., at the termination of the pinnacles, gables, spires, &c., in Gothic architecture. [From L.finīre—finis.]
Finical, fin′i-kal,adj.affectedly fine or precise in trifles: nice: foppish.—n.Finical′ity, state of being finical: something finical.—adv.Fin′ically.—ns.Fin′icalness, the quality of being finical: foppery;Fin′icking, fussiness and fastidiousness.—adjs.Fin′icking,Fin′ikin, particular about trifles.
Fining, fīn′ing,n.process of refining or purifying.—n.Fin′ing-pot, a pot or vessel used in refining.
Finis, fī′nis,n.the end: conclusion. [L.]
Finish, fin′ish,v.t.to end or complete the making of anything: to perfect: to give the last touches to: to put an end to, to destroy.—n.that which finishes or completes: the end of a race, hunt, &c.: last touch, careful elaboration, polish: the last coat of plaster to a wall.—p.adj.Fin′ished, brought to an end or to completion: complete: perfect.—n.Fin′isher, one who finishes, completes, or perfects: in bookbinding, the one who puts the last touches to the book in the way of gilding and decoration. [Fr.finir,finissant—L.finīre—finis, an end.]
Finite, fī′nīt,adj.having an end or limit: subject to limitations or conditions, as time, space—opp. toInfinite(q.v.).—adj.Fī′nīteless, without end or limit.—adv.Fī′nītely.—ns.Fī′nīteness,Fin′itūde. [L.finītus, pa.p. offinīre.]
Finn, fin,n.a native ofFinlandin the north-west of Russia.—adjs.Fin′nic,Fin′nish, pertaining to the Finns in the widest sense.
Finnan-haddock, fin′an-had′uk,n.a kind of smoked haddock, esp. that prepared atFindon, near Aberdeen.—AlsoFin′don-hadd′ock.
Fiord,Fjord, fyord,n.name given in Scandinavia to a long, narrow, rock-bound inlet. [Norw.]
Fiorin, fī′o-rin,n.a species of creeping bent-grass.
Fiorite, fī-ō′rīt,n.a kind of siliceous incrustation found in the vicinity of volcanoes and hot springs. [From SantaFiorein Tuscany.]
Fir, fėr,n.the name of several species of cone-bearing, resinous trees, valuable for their timber.—adj.Fir′ry, abounding in firs. [A.S.furh(wudu); cf. Ger.föhre.]
Fire, fīr,n.the heat and light caused by burning: flame: anything burning, as fuel in a grate, &c.: a conflagration: torture or death by burning: severe trial: anything inflaming or provoking: ardour of passion: vigour: brightness of fancy: enthusiasm: sexual passion.—v.t.to set on fire: to inflame: to irritate: to animate: to cause the explosion of: to discharge.—v.i.to take fire: to be or become irritated or inflamed: to discharge firearms.—n.Fire′-alarm′, an alarm of fire, an apparatus for giving such.—n.pl.Fire′arms, arms or weapons which are discharged by fire exploding gunpowder.—ns.Fire′-ar′row, a small iron dart or arrow furnished with a combustible for setting fire to ships;Fire′ball, a ball filled with combustibles to be thrown among enemies: a meteor;Fire′-balloon′, a balloon carrying a fire placed in the lower part for rarefying the air to make itself buoyant: a balloon sent up arranged to ignite at a certain height;Fire′-bas′ket, a portable grate for a bedroom;Fire′-blast, a blast or blight affecting plants, in which they appear as if scorched by the sun;Fire′-boat, a steamboat fitted up to extinguish fires in docks;Fire′box, the box or chamber (usually copper) of a steam-engine, in which the fire is placed;Fire′brand, a brand or piece of wood on fire: one who inflames the passions of others;Fire′brick, a brick so made as to resist the action of fire, used for lining furnaces, &c.;Fire′-brigade′, a brigade or company of men for extinguishing fires or conflagrations;Fire′-buck′et, a bucket for carrying water to extinguish a fire;Fire′clay, a kind of clay, capable of resisting fire, used in making firebricks;Fire′cock, a cock or spout to let out water for extinguishing fires;Fire′damp, a gas, carburetted hydrogen, in coal-mines, apt to take fire and explode when mixed with atmospheric air;Fire′-dog(same asAndiron);Fire′-drake, a fiery meteor, a kind of firework;Fire′-eat′er, a juggler who pretends to eat fire: one given to needless quarrelling, a professed duellist;Fire′-en′gine, an engine or forcing-pump used to extinguish fires with water;Fire′-escape′, a machine used to enable people to escape from fires.—adj.Fire′-eyed(Shak.), having fiery eyes.—ns.Fire′-flag(Coleridge),Fire′flaught(Swinburne), a flash of lightning;Fire′-fly, a name applied to many phosphorescent insects, all included with theColeopteraor beetles, some giving forth a steady light, others flashing light intermittently (glow-worms, &c.);Fire′-guard, a framework of wire placed in front of a fireplace.—n.pl.Fire′-ī′rons, the irons—poker, tongs, and shovel—used for a fire.—ns.Fire′light′er, a composition of pitch and sawdust, or the like, for kindling fires;Fire′lock, a gun in which the fire is caused by a lock with steel and flint;Fire′man, a man whose business it is to assist in extinguishing fires: a man who tends the fires, as of a steam-engine;Fire′-mas′ter, the chief of a fire-brigade.—adj.Fire′-new, new from the fire: brand new: bright.—ns.Fire′-pan, a pan or metal vessel for holding fire;Fire′place, the place in a house appropriated to the fire: a hearth;Fire′plug, a plug placed in a pipe which supplies water in case of fire;Fire′-pol′icy, a written instrument of insurance against fire up to a certain amount;Fire′-pot, an earthen pot filled with combustibles, used in military operations.—adj.Fire′proof, proof against fire.—ns.Fire′-proofing, the act of rendering anything fireproof: the materials used;Fir′er, an incendiary;Fire′-rais′ing, the crime of arson.—adj.Fire′-robed(Shak.), robed in fire.—ns.Fire′-screen, a screen for intercepting the heat of the fire;Fire′-ship, a ship filled with combustibles, to set an enemy's vessels on fire;Fire′side, the side of the fireplace: the hearth: home.—adj.homely, intimate.—ns.Fire′-stick, the implement used by many primitive peoples for obtaining fire by friction;Fire′stone, a kind of sandstone that bears a high degree of heat;Fire′-wa′ter, ardent spirits;Fire′wood, wood for burning.—n.pl.Fire′works, artificial works or preparations of gunpowder, sulphur, &c., to be fired chiefly for display or amusement.—ns.Fire′-wor′ship, the worship of fire, chiefly by the Parsees in Persia and India;Fire′-wor′shipper;Fir′ing, a putting fire to: discharge of guns: firewood: fuel: cauterisation;Fir′ing-par′ty, a detachment told off to fire over the grave of one buried with military honours, or to shoot one sentenced to death;Fir′ing-point, the temperature at which an inflammable oil will take fire spontaneously.—Fire off, to discharge a shot;Fire out(Shak.), to expel;Fire up, to start a fire: to fly into a passion.—Set the Thames on fire, to do something striking;Take fire, to begin to burn: to become aroused about something. [A.S.fýr; Ger.feuer; Gr.pyr.]
Firk, fėrk,v.t.(Shak.) to whip or beat: to rouse.
Firkin, fėr′kin,n.a measure equal to the fourth part of a barrel: 9 gallons: 56 lb. of butter. [With dim. suff.-kin, from Old Dut.vierde, fourth.]
Firlot, fėr′lot,n.an old Scotch dry measure, the fourth part of a boll.
Firm, fėrm,adj.fixed: compact: strong: not easily moved or disturbed: unshaken: resolute: decided.—v.t.(obs.) to fix, establish, confirm.—adj.Firm′less, wavering.—adv.Firm′ly.—n.Firm′ness. [O. Fr.ferme—L.firmus.]
Firm, fėrm,n.the title under which a company transacts business: a business house or partnership. [It.firma, from L.firmus. SeeFarm.]
Firmament, fėr′ma-ment,n.the solid sphere in which the stars were thought to be fixed: the sky.—adj.Firmament′al, pertaining to the firmament: celestial. [Fr.,—L.firmamentum—firmus, firm.]
Firman, fėr′man, or fer-män′,n.any decree emanating from the Turkish government. [Pers.fermán; Sans.pramâna, command.]
Firn, firn, or fern,n.snow on high glaciers while still granular—the Frenchnévé. [Ger.firn, of last year; cf. obs. Eng.fern, former.]
First, fėrst,adj.foremost: preceding all others in place, time, or degree: most eminent: chief.—adv.before anything else, in time, space, rank, &c.—adjs.First′-begot′ten, begotten or born first: eldest;First′-born, born first.—n.the first in the order of birth: the eldest child.—adj.First′-class, of the first class, rank, or quality.—ns.First′-day, Sunday;First′-floor(seeFloor);First′-foot(Scot.), the first person to enter a house after the beginning of the new year;First′-fruit,First′-fruits, the fruits first gathered in a season: the first profits or effects of anything, bishoprics, benefices, &c.—adj.First′-hand, obtained without the intervention of a second party.—n.First′ling, the first produce or offspring, esp. of animals.—adv.First′ly, in the first place.—adjs.First′-rate, of the first or highest rate or excellence: pre-eminent in quality, size, or estimation;First′-wa′ter, the first or highest quality, purest lustre—of diamonds and pearls. [A.S.fyrst; the superl. offoreby adding-st.]
Firth, fėrth. Same asFrith.
Fisc, fisk,n.the state treasury: the public revenue: one's purse.—adj.Fisc′al, pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.—n.a treasurer: a public prosecutor, the chief law officer of the crown under the Holy Roman Empire: (Scot.) an officer who prosecutes in petty criminal cases—fully,Procurator-fiscal. [O. Fr.,—L.fiscus, a purse.]
Fisgig. SeeFizgig.
Fish-plate.
Fish, fish,n.a vertebrate that lives in water, and breathes through gills: the flesh of fish: a piece of wood fixed alongside another for strengthening:—pl.Fish, orFish′es.—v.t.to search for fish: to search by sweeping: to draw out or up: (naut.) to strengthen, as a weak spar: to hoist the flukes of: to seek to obtain by artifice.—ns.Fish′-ball,-cake, a ball of chopped fish and mashed potatoes, fried.—adj.Fish′-bell′ied, swelled out downward like the belly of a fish.—ns.Fish′-carv′er, a large flat implement for carving fish at table—alsoFish′-knife,Fish′-slice, andFish′-trow′el;Fish′-coop, a square box with a hole in its bottom, used in fishing through a hole in the ice;Fish′-creel, an angler's basket, a wicker-basket used for carrying fish;Fish′-day, a day on which fish is eaten instead of meat;Fish′er, one who fishes, or whose occupation is to catch fish: a North American carnivore—a kind of marten or sable, the pekan or wood-shock;Fish′erman, a fisher;Fish′ery, the business of catching fish: a place for catching fish;Fish′-fag, a woman who sells fish;Fish′-garth, an enclosure on a river for the preserving or taking of fish—alsoFish′-weir;Fish′-god, a deity in form wholly or partly like a fish, like the Philistine Dagon;Fish′-hook, a barbed hook for catching fish.—v.t.Fish′ify(Shak.), to turn to fish.—n.Fish′iness.—adj.Fish′ing, used in fishery.—n.the art or practice of catching fish.—ns.Fish′ing-frog, the angler-fish;Fish′ing-rod, a long slender rod to which a line is fastened for angling;Fish′ing-tack′le, tackle—nets, lines, &c.—used in fishing;Fish′-joint, a joint or splice made with fish-plates;Fish′-kett′le, a long oval dish for boiling fish;Fish′-ladd′er,Fish′-way, an arrangement for enabling a fish to ascend a fall, &c.;Fish′-louse, a name widely applied to any of the Copepod crustaceans which occur as external parasites, both on fresh-water and marine fishes;Fish′-meal(Shak.), a meal of fish: abstemious diet;Fish′monger, a dealer in fish;Fish′-pack′ing, the process of packing or canning fish for the market;Fish′-plate, an iron plate fitted to the web of a rail, used in pairs, one on each side of the junction of two rails;Fish′-pond, a pond in which fish are kept;Fish′-sales′man, one who receives consignments of fish for sale by auction to retail dealers;Fish′-sauce, sauce proper to be eaten with fish, as anchovy, &c.;Fish′-scrap, fish or fish-skins from which oil or glue has been extracted;Fish′-spear, a spear or dart for striking fish;Fish′-strain′er, a metal colander for taking fish from a boiler.—adj.Fish′-tail, shaped like the tail of a fish.—ns.Fish′-torpē′do, a self-propelling torpedo;Fish′-wife,Fish′-wom′an, a woman who sells fish about the streets.—adj.Fish′y, consisting of fish: like a fish: abounding in fish: dubious, as a story: equivocal, unsafe.—ns.Bait′-fish, such fish as are used for bait, fish that may be caught with bait;Bott′om-fish, those that feed on the bottom, as halibut, &c.—Fish for, to seek to gain by cunning or indirect means;Fisherman's luck, getting wet and catching no fish;Fisherman's ring, a signet-ring with the device of St Peter fishing, used in signing papal briefs.—A queer fish, a person of odd habits;Be neither fish nor flesh, orNeither fish, flesh, nor fowl, to be neither one thing nor another, in principle, &c.;Have other fish to fry, to have something else to do, or to take up one's mind;Make fish of one and flesh(orfowl)of another, to make invidious distinctions, show undue partiality. [A.S.fisc; Ger.fisch; Ice.fiskr; L.piscis; Gr.ichthys; Gael.iasg.]
Fiskery, fisk′er-i,n.(Carlyle) friskiness.—v.i.Fisk(obs.), to jump about. [Prob. a freq. of A.S.fýsan, to hurry, or offésian, to feeze; Sw.fjäska, to fidget.]
Fissile, fis′il,adj.that may be cleft or split in the direction of the grain.—adjs.Fissicos′tate, having the ribs divided;Fissiling′ual, having the tongue cleft.—ns.Fissil′ity, cleavableness;Fis′sion, a cleaving or breaking up into two parts.—adj.Fiss′ive. [L.fissilis, fromfindĕre,fissum, to cleave.]
Fissiparous, fis-sip′a-rus,adj.propagated by spontaneous fission or self-division.—ns.Fissip′arism,Fissipa′rity.—adv.Fissip′arously. [L.fissus, pa.p. offindĕre, to cleave,parĕre, to bring forth.]
Fissiped, fis′i-ped,adj.cloven-footed—alson.
Fissirostral, fis-i-ros′tral,adj.having a deeply cleft or gaping beak, as swallows, &c. [L.fissus, cleft,rostrum, a beak.]
Fissle, fis′l,v.i.(Scot.) to rustle: to whistle.
Fissure, fish′ūr,n.a narrow opening or chasm: a cleft, slit, or furrow: any groove or sulcus, esp. one of the furrows on the surface of the brain, as the longitudinal fissure separating the hemispheres.—adj.Fiss′ūred, cleft, divided. [Fr.,—L.fissūra, fromfindĕre,fissum, to cleave.]
Fist, fist,n.the closed or clenched hand.—v.t.to strike or grip with the fist.—n.Fistiā′na, anecdotes about boxing and boxers.—adj.Fist′ic(Dickens), pugilistic.—ns.Fist′icuff, a blow with the fist: (pl.) boxing, blows;Fist′-law, the law of brute force.—adj.Fist′y. [A.S.fýst; Ger.faust.]
Fistula, fist′ū-la,n.a narrow passage or duct: the tube through which the wine of the eucharist was once sucked from the chalice—alsoCalamus.—adjs.Fist′ular, hollow like a pipe;Fist′ulate,-d, hollowed like a fistula.—v.i.Fist′ulate, to assume such a form.—adjs.Fist′uliform;Fist′ulose,Fist′ulous, of the form of a fistula. [L.fistula, a pipe.]
Fit, fit,adj.adapted to any particular end or standard, prepared for: qualified: convenient: proper: properly trained and ready, as for a race.—v.t.to make fit or suitable: to suit one thing to another: to be adapted to: to qualify.—v.i.to be suitable or becoming:—pr.p.fit′ting;pa.p.fit′ted.—advs.Fit′liest(Milt.), most fitly;Fit′ly.—ns.Fit′ment(Shak.), something fitted to an end;Fit′ness;Fit′ter, he who, or that which, makes fit.—adj.Fit′ting, fit: appropriate.—n.anything used in fitting up, esp. inpl.—adv.Fit′tingly.—ns.Fit′ting-out, a supply of things, fit and necessary;Fit′ting-shop, a shop in which pieces of machinery are fitted together.—Fit out, to furnish, supply with stores, as a ship;Fit up, to provide with things suitable.—Not fit to hold a candle to(seeCandle). [First recorded about 1440; app. cog. withFit,n.]
Fit, fit,n.a sudden attack by convulsions, as apoplexy, epilepsy, &c.: convulsion or paroxysm: a temporary attack of anything, as laughter, &c.: a sudden effort or motion: a passing humour.—v.t.(Shak.) to wrench, as by a fit.—adj.Fit′ful, marked by sudden impulses: spasmodic.—adv.Fit′fully.—n.Fit′fulness.—Fit of the face, a grimace;Fits and starts, spasmodic and irregular bursts of activity;By fits, irregularly. [A.S.fitt, a struggle—prob. orig. 'juncture,' 'meeting;' cf. Ice.fitja, to knit, Dut.vitten, to accommodate.]
Fit, fit,n.a song, or part of a song or ballad.—AlsoFitt,Fitte,Fytte. [A.S.fitt, a song.]
Fitch, fich,n.nowvetch: (B.) Isa. xxviii. 25, black cummin (Nigella sativa): in Ezek. iv. 9, a kind of bearded wheat, spelt. [SeeVetch.]
Fitché,Fitchée, fich′ā,adj.(her.) cut to a point. [Fr.ficher, to fix.]
Fitchew, fich′ōō,n.a polecat.—AlsoFitch′et. [O. Fr.fissel, from root of Dut.visse, nasty.]
Fitz, fits,n.(a prefix) son of: used in England, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes, asFitzclarence, &c. [Norman Fr.fiz(Fr.fils)—L.filius.]
Five, fīv,adj.andn.four and one.—n.Five′-fing′er, a name for various plants (cinque-foil, oxlip, &c.): a species of starfish.—adj.Five′fold, five times folded, or repeated in fives.—ns.Fiv′er(coll.), a five-pound note;Five′-square(B.), having five corners or angles.—Five Articles,Five Points, statements of the distinctive doctrines of the Arminians and Calvinists respectively—the former promulgated in 1610, the latter sustained by the Synod of Dort in 1619 (seeCalvinism).—Bunch of fives, the fist. [A.S.fíf; Ger.fünf; Goth.fimf; W.pump; L.quinque; Gr.pente,pempe; Sans.pancha.]
Fives, fīvz,n.(Shak.) vives, a disease of horses.
Fives, fīvz,n.pl.a game of handball played in a roomy court against a wall, chiefly at the great public schools of England.
Fix, fiks,v.t.to make firm or fast: to establish: to drive into: to settle: to put into permanent form: to establish as a fact: to direct steadily: to regulate: to deprive of volatility.—v.i.to settle or remain permanently: to become firm: to congeal.—n.(coll.) a difficulty: a dilemma.—adj.Fix′able, capable of being fixed.—ns.Fixā′tion, act of fixing, or state of being fixed: steadiness, firmness: state in which a body does not evaporate;Fix′ative, that which fixes or sets colours;Fix′ature, a gummy preparation for fixing the hair.—adj.Fixed, settled: not apt to evaporate: steadily directed towards: fast, lasting, permanent: substantively for fixed stars (Par. Lost, III. 481).—adv.Fix′edly.—ns.Fix′edness;Fix′er;Fixid′ity,Fix′ity, fixedness.—n.pl.Fix′ings, things needed for putting in order, arrangement.—adj.Fix′ive.—ns.Fix′ture, a movable that has become fastened to anything, as to land or to a house: a fixed article of furniture: a fixed or appointed time or event, as a horse-race;Fix′ure(Shak.), stability, position, firmness.—Fixed air, the name given by Dr Joseph Black in 1756 to what in 1784 was named by Lavoisier carbonic acid;Fixed bodies(chem.), a term applied to those substances which remain fixed, and are not volatilised at moderately high temperatures;Fixed oils, those which, on the application of heat, do not volatilise without decomposition;Fixed stars, stars which appear always to occupy the same position in the heavens—opp. toPlanets. [L.,fixus,figĕre, to fix, prob. through O. Fr.fix, or Low L.fixāre.]
Fizgig, fiz′gig,n.a giddy girl: a firework of damp powder: a gimcrack: a crotchet.—AlsoFis′gig.
Fizz, fiz,v.i.to make a hissing or sputtering sound.—n.any frothy drink, as soda-water, or esp. champagne.—adj.Fiz′zenless(Scot.), pithless—alsoFū′sionless.—v.i.Fiz′zle, to hiss or sputter: to come to a sudden stop, to fail disgracefully.—n.a state of agitation or worry: an abortive effort.—adj.Fiz′zy, given to fizz. [Formed from the sound.]
Flabbergast, flab′ėrgast,v.t.(coll.) to stun, confound. [Prob. conn. withflabby, andgast, to astonish.]
Flabby, flab′i,adj.easily moved: soft, yielding: hanging loose.—n.Flabb′iness. [Fromflap.]
Flabellate, flä-bel′āt,adj.fan-shaped—alsoFlabell′iform.—ns.Flabellā′tion, the action of fanning;Flab′ellum(eccles.), a fan, anciently used to drive away flies from the chalice during the celebration of the eucharist. [L., a fan.]
Flaccid, flak′sid,adj.flabby: lax: easily yielding to pressure: soft and weak.—adv.Flac′cidly.—ns.Flac′cidness,Flaccid′ity, want of firmness. [Fr.,—L.flaccidus—flaccus, flabby.]
Flack, flak,v.i.(prov.), to flap, flutter.—v.t.to flap or flick with something.
Flacker, flak′ėr,v.i.(prov.) to flap, flutter.
Flacket, flak′et,n.a flask, bottle.
Flacon, flak-ong′,n.a scent-bottle, &c. [Fr.]
Flaff, flaf,v.i.(Scot.) to flap: to pant.—n.a flutter of the wings: a puff.—v.i.Flaf′fer, to flutter. [Imit.]
Flag, flag,v.i.to grow languid or spiritless.—pr.p.flag′ging;pa.p.flagged.—n.Flag′giness.—adj.Flag′gy, limp, flabby. [Perh. O. Fr.flac—L.flaccus; prob. influenced by imit. forms asflap.]
Flag, flag,n.a popular name for many plants with sword-shaped leaves, mostly growing in moist situations, sometimes specially the species of iris or flower-de-luce—esp. the yellow flag: the acorus or sweet flag: (B.) reed-grass.—ns.Flag′-bas′ket, a basket made of reeds for carrying tools;Flag′giness.—adj.Flag′gy, abounding in flags.—n.Flag′-worm, a worm or grub bred among flags or reeds. [Ety. obscure; cf. Dut.flag.]
Flag, flag,n.the ensign of a ship or of troops: a banner.—v.t.to decorate with flags: to inform by flag-signals.—ns.Flag′-cap′tain, in the navy, the captain of the ship which bears the admiral's flag;Flag′-lieuten′ant, an officer in a flag-ship, corresponding to an aide-de-camp in the army;Flag′-off′icer, a naval officer privileged to carry a flag denoting his rank—admiral, vice-admiral, rear-admiral, or commodore;Flag′-ship, the ship in which an admiral sails, and which carries his flag;Flag′staff, a staff or pole on which a flag is displayed.—Flag of distress, a flag displayed as a signal of distress—usually upside down or at half-mast;Flag of truce, a white flag displayed during war when some pacific communication is intended between the hostile parties;Black flag, a pirate's flag, pirates generally;Dip the flag, to lower the flag and then hoist it—a token of respect;Hang out the red flag, to give a challenge to battle;Strike, orLower,the flag, to pull it down as a token of respect, submission, or surrender;White flag, an emblem of peace;Yellow flag, hoisted to show pestilence on board, also over ships, &c., in quarantine, and hospitals, &c., in time of war. [Prob. Scand.; Dan.flag; Dut.vlag, Ger.flagge.]
Flag, flag,n.a stone that separates in flakes or layers: a flat stone used for paving—alsoFlag′stone.—v.t.to pave with flagstones.—n.Flag′ging, flagstones: a pavement of flagstones. [A form offlake; Ice.flaga, a flag or slab.]
Flagellate, flaj′el-āt,v.t.to whip or scourge.—ns.Flagel′lantism;Flagellā′tion;Flag′ellātor,Flagel′lant(alsoflaj′-),one who scourges himself in religious discipline.—adjs.Flag′ellatory;Flagellif′erous;Flagel′liform.—n.Flagel′lum, a scourge: (bot.) a runner: (biol.) a large cilium or appendage to certain infusorians, &c. [L.flagellāre,-ātum—flagellum, dim. offlagrum, a whip.]
Flageolet, flaj′o-let,n.the modern form of the old flute-à-bec, or straight flute, the simplest kind of which is the tin whistle with six holes. [Fr., dim. of O. Fr.flageol,flajol, a pipe; not through a supposed Low L.flautīolus—fromflauta, a flute.]
Flagitate, flaj′i-tāt,v.t.(Carlyle) to entreat, importune.—n.Flagitā′tion.
Flagitious, fla-jish′us,adj.grossly wicked: guilty of enormous crimes.—adv.Flagi′tiously.—n.Flagi′tiousness. [L.flagitiosus—flagitium, a disgraceful act—flagrāre, to burn.]
Flagon, flag′un,n.a vessel with a narrow neck for holding liquids. [Fr.flaconforflascon—Low L.flasco. SeeFlask.]
Flagrant, flā′grant,adj.glaring: notorious: enormous.—ns.Flā′grance,Flā′grancy.—adv.Flā′grantly. [L.flagrans,pr.p.offlagrāre, to burn.]
Flail, flāl,n.an implement for threshing corn, consisting of a wooden bar (theswingle) hinged or tied to a handle: a medieval weapon with spiked iron swingle.—v.t.to strike with, or as if with, a flail. [A.S.fligel, prob. from L.flagellum, a scourge.]
Flair, flār,n.perceptiveness, discernment. [Fr.]
Flake, flāk,n.a small flat layer or film of anything: a very small loose mass, as of snow or wool.—v.t.to form into flakes.—ns.Flake′-white, the purest white-lead for painting, in the form of scales or plates;Flak′iness.—adj.Flak′y. [Prob. Scand.; Ice.flóke, flock of wool; Old High Ger.floccho.]
Flake, flāk,n.(Scot.) a movable hurdle for fencing; (naut.) a stage hung over a ship's side for caulking, &c. [Scand.; cf. Ice.flake; Dut.vlaak.]
Flam, flam,n.a whim: an idle fancy: a falsehood.—v.t.to impose upon with such. [Prob. fromflim-flamorflamfew, a trifle, a corr. of Fr.fanfelue.]
Flambeau, flam′bō,n.a flaming torch:—pl.Flam′beaux(′bōz).[Fr.,flambe—L.flamma.]
Flamboyant, flam-boi′ant,adj.of the latest style of Gothic architecture which prevailed in France in the 15th and 16th centuries, corresponding to the Perpendicular in England—from the flame-like forms of the tracery of the windows, &c.: of wavy form: gorgeously coloured. [Fr.flamboyer, to blaze.]
Flame, flām,n.gaseous matter undergoing combustion: the gleam or blaze of a fire: rage: ardour of temper: vigour of thought: warmth of affection: love: (coll.) the object of love.—v.i.to burn as flame: to break out in passion.—adjs.Flāme′-col′oured(Shak.), of the colour of flame, bright yellow;Flāme′less.—n.Flāme′let, a small flame.—adj.Flām′ing, red: gaudy: violent.—adv.Flām′ingly.—n.Flammabil′ity.—adjs.Flammif′erous, producing flame;Flammiv′omous, vomiting flames.—n.Flam′mule, the flames in pictures of Japanese deities.—adj.Flām′y, pertaining to, or like, flame. [O. Fr.flambe—L.flamma—flagrāre, to burn.]
Flamen, flā′men,n.a priest in ancient Rome devoted to one particular god.—adj.Flamin′ical. [L., from same root asfla-grāre, to burn.]
Flamingo, fla-ming′gō,n.a tropical bird of a flaming or bright-red colour, with long legs and neck. [Sp.flamenco—L.flamma, a flame.]
Flanch, flansh,n.a flange: (her.) an ordinary formed on each side of a shield by the segment of a circle.—adj.Flanched, charged with a pair of flanches. [Prob. related toflank.]
Flanconade, flang-ko-nād′,n.(fencing) a thrust in the flank or side. [Fr., fromflanc, the side.]
Flâneur, flä-nür′,n.one who saunters about with gossip.—n.Flân′erie. [Fr.flâner, to lounge.]
Flange, flanj,n.a projecting or raised edge or flank, as of a wheel or of a rail.—adj.Flanged.—n.Flange′-rail, a rail having a flange on one side to prevent wheels running off. [Corr. offlank.]
Flank, flangk,n.the side of an animal from the ribs to the thigh: the side or wing of anything, esp. of an army or fleet: a body of soldiers on the right and left extremities.—v.t.to attack or pass round the side of: to protect the flanks of one's own army by detached bodies of troops, or field-works, or to threaten those of the enemy by directing troops against them.—v.i.to be posted on the side: to touch.—n.Flank′er, a fortification which commands the flank of an assailing force.—v.t.(obs.) to defend by flankers: to attack sideways.—Flank company, the company on the right or left when a battalion is in line;Flank files, the soldiers marching on the extreme right and left of a company, &c. [Fr.flanc, perh. L.flaccus, flabby.]
Flannel, flan′el,n.a soft woollen cloth of loose texture for undergarments, &c.: the garment itself: (pl.) the garb of cricketers, &c.—v.t.to wrap in or rub with flannel.—n.Flannelette′, a cotton fabric, made in imitation of flannel.—adjs.Flann′elled;Flann′elly. [Orig.flannen, acc. to Skeat, from W.gwlanen—gwlan, wool; acc. to Diez, the equivalent Fr.flanelleis from the O. Fr.flaine, a pillow-case.]
Flap, flap,n.the blow or motion of a broad loose object: anything broad and flexible hanging loose, as the tail of a coat: a portion of skin or flesh detached from the underlying part for covering and growing over the end of an amputated limb.—v.t.to beat or move with a flap.—v.i.to move, as wings: to hang like a flap:—pr.p.flap′ping;pa.p.flapped.—ns.Flap′doodle, the food of fools: transparent nonsense, gross flattery, &c.;Flap′-drag′on, a play in which small edibles, as raisins, are snatched from burning brandy, and swallowed.—v.t.(Shak.) to swallow or devour, as in flap-dragon.—adj.Flap′-eared(Shak.), having ears hanging like a flap.—n.Flap′-jack(Shak.), a kind of broad, flat pancake.—adj.Flap′-mouthed.—n.Flap′per. [Prob. imit.]
Flare, flār,v.i.to burn with a glaring, unsteady light: to glitter or flash: to display glaringly.—n.an unsteady light.—p.adj.Flā′ring, giving out an unsteady light: gaudy.—adv.Flā′ringly.—adj.Flā′ry. [Prob. Scand.; cf. Norw.flara, to blaze.]
Flash, flash,n.a momentary gleam of light: a sudden burst, as of merriment: a short transient state.—v.i.to break forth, as a sudden light: to break out into intellectual brilliancy: to burst out into violence.—v.t.to cause to flash: to expand, as blown glass, into a disc: to send by some startling or sudden means.—n.Flash′-house, a brothel.—adv.Flash′ily.—ns.Flash′iness;Flash′ing, the act of blazing: a sudden burst, as of water;Flash′-point, the temperature at which an inflammable liquid takes fire—in the case of petroleum, &c., ascertained by placing oil in a vessel called a tester (used open and closed), and heating it up to a point at which sufficient vapour is generated as to give off a small flash when a light is applied to it.—adj.Flash′y, dazzling for a moment: showy but empty: (Milt.) vapid: gay—alsoFlash, vulgarly showy, gay but tawdry: pertaining to thieves, vagabonds, &c., as the 'flashlanguage'=thieves' cant or slang: 'flashnotes'=counterfeit notes.—Flash in the pan(seePan). [Prob. imit.; cf. Sw. prov.flasa, to blaze.]
Flask, flask,n.a narrow-necked vessel for holding liquids: a bottle: a pocket-bottle: a horn or metal vessel for carrying powder.—n.Flask′et, a vessel in which viands are served: (Spens.) a basket.—Florence flask, a narrow-necked globular glass bottle of thin glass, as those in which olive-oil is brought from Italy. [A.S.flasce; Ger.flasche; prob. not Teut. acc. to Diez, but from Low L.flasco—L.vasculum, a flask.]
Flat, flat,adj.smooth: level: wanting points of prominence and interest: monotonous: vapid, insipid: dejected: unqualified, positive: (mus.) opposite of sharp.—n.a level plain: a tract covered by shallow water: something broad: a story or floor of a house, esp. when fitted up as a separate residence for a family: a simpleton, a gull: (mus.) a character (♭) which lowers a note a semitone.—ns.Flat′boat, a large flat-bottomed boat for floating goods down the Mississippi, &c.;Flat′-fish, a name applied to marine bony fishes that have a flat body, such as the flounder, turbot, &c.—adj.Flat′-foot′ed, having flat feet: resolute.—adj.andn.Flat′-head, having an artificially flattened head, as some American Indians of the Chinooks—the name is officially but incorrectly applied to the Selish Indians in particular.—n.Flat′-ī′ron, an iron for smoothing cloth.—advs.Flat′ling,Flat′long(Spens.,Shak.), with the flat side down: not edgewise;Flat′ly.—ns.Flat′ness;Flat′-race, a race over open or clear ground.—v.t.Flat′ten, to make flat.—v.i.to become flat.—n.Flat′ting, a mode of house-painting in which the paint is left without gloss.—adj.Flat′tish, somewhat flat.—adj.oradv.Flat′wise, flatways, or with the flat side downward.—n.Flat′-worm, a tapeworm. [From a Teut. root found in Ice.flatr, flat, Sw.flat, Dan.flad, Old High Ger.flaz.]
Flatter, flat′ėr,v.t.to soothe with praise and servile attentions: to please with false hopes or undue praise.—n.Flatt′erer.—adj.Flatt′ering, uttering false praise: pleasing to pride or vanity.—adv.Flatt′eringly.—n.Flatt′ery, false praise. [O. Fr.flater(Fr.flatter); Teut.; cf. Ice.fladhra.]
Flatulent, flat′ū-lent,adj.affected with air in the stomach: apt to generate such: empty: vain.—ns.Flat′ulence,Flat′ulency, distension of the stomach or bowels by gases formed during digestion: windiness, emptiness.—adv.Flat′ulently.—n.Flā′tus, a puff of wind: air generated in the stomach or intestines. [Fr.,—Low L.flatulentus—L.flāre,flatum, to blow.]
Flaught, flaht,n.(Scot.) a flight, a flapping.—n.Flaugh′ter, a fluttering motion.—v.i.to flutter, flicker. [SeeFlight.]
Flaunt, flawnt,v.i.to fly or wave in the wind: to move or display ostentatiously: to carry a gaudy or saucy appearance.—n.(Shak.) anything displayed for show.—n.Flaunt′er.—adj.Flaunt′ing.—adv.Flaunt′ingly, in a flaunting or showy manner.—adj.Flaunt′y, showy. [Prob. imit.; Skeat suggests Sw. prov.flanka, to waver.]
Flautist. Same asFlutist.
Flavescent, fla-ves′ent,adj.yellowish or turning yellow. [L.flavescens,-entis, pr.p. offlavescĕre, to become yellow—flavus, yellow.]
Flavian, flāv′i-an,adj.of or pertaining to the Flavian emperors of Rome—FlaviusVespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian (69-96A.D.).
Flavine, flā′vin,n.a concentrated preparation of quercitron bark, till recently an important yellow dye. [L.flavus, yellow.]
Flavour, flā′vur,n.that quality of anything which affects the smell or the palate: a smack or relish.—v.t.to impart flavour to.—adj.Flā′vorous.—n.Flā′vouring, any substance used to give a flavour.—adj.Flā′vourless. [O. Fr.flaur; prob. related to L.fragrāreor toflāre.]
Flaw, flaw,n.a gust of wind: a sudden rush, uproar. [Cf. Dut.vlaag, Sw.flaga.]
Flaw, flaw,n.a break, a crack: a defect.—v.t.to crack or break.—adjs.Flaw′less;Flaw′y. [Ice.flaga, a slab.]
Flawn, flawn,n.a custard, pancake. [O. Fr.flaon—Low L.fladon-em—Old High Ger.flado.]
Flax, flax,n.the fibres of the plant Linum, which are woven into linen cloth: the flax-plant.—ns.Flax′-comb, a toothed instrument or heckle for cleaning the fibres of flax;Flax′-dress′er, one who prepares flax for the spinner by the successive processes of rippling, retting, grassing, breaking, and scutching.—adj.Flax′en, made of or resembling flax: fair, long, and flowing.—ns.Flax′-mill, a mill for working flax into linen;Flax′-seed, linseed;Flax′-wench, a female who spins flax.—adj.Flax′y, like flax: of a light colour.—New Zealand flax, a valuable fibre, quite different from common flax, obtained from the leaf ofPhormium tenax, the flax lily or flax bush. [A.S.fleax; Ger.flachs.]
Flay, flā,v.t.to strip off the skin:—pr.p.flay′ing;pa.p.flayed.—ns.Flay′er;Flay′-flint, a skinflint. [A.Sfléan; Ice.flá, to skin.]
Flea, flē,n.a well-known wingless insect of great agility, ectoparasitic on warm-blooded animals.—ns.Flea′-bane, a genus of plants which emit a strong smell said to have the power of driving away fleas;Flea′-bite, the bite of a flea: a small mark caused by the bite: (fig.) a trifle.—adj.Flea′-bit′ten, bitten by fleas: (fig.) mean: having small reddish spots on a lighter ground, of horses.—A flea in one's ear, a caution, rebuff, anything specially irritating. [A.S.fléah; cf. Ger.floh, Dut.vloo.]
Fleam, flēm,n.an instrument for bleeding cattle. [Fr.flamme—Gr.phlebotomon, a lancet—phleps,phlebos, a vein, andtem-nein, to cut.]
Flèche, flāsh,n.a spire generally: the slender spire rising from the intersection of the nave and transepts in some large churches: (fort.) a parapet with two faces forming a salient angle at the foot of a glacis. [Fr., 'an arrow.']
Fleck, flek,n.a spot or speckle: a little bit of a thing.—vs.t.Fleck,Fleck′er, to spot: to streak.—adjs.Flecked, spotted, dappled;Fleck′less, without spot. [Ice.flekkr, a spot; Ger.fleck, Dut.vlek.]
Flection. Same asFlexion.
Fled, fled,pa.t.andpa.p.ofFlee.
Fledge, flej,v.t.to furnish with feathers or wings.—v.i.to acquire feathers for flying.—n.Fledg′ling, a little bird just fledged.—adj.Fledg′y(Keats), feathery. [M. E.fligge,flegge—A.S.flycge, fledged (cf. Ger.flügge)—fléogan, to fly (Ger.fliegen).]
Flee, flē,v.i.to run away, as from danger: to disappear.—v.t.to keep at a distance from:—pr.p.flee′ing;pa.t.andpa.p.fled.—n.Flē′er. [A.S.fléon, akin tofléogan, to fly; Ger.fliehen, akin tofliegen, to fly.]
Fleece, flēs,n.the coat of wool shorn from a sheep at one time: anything like a fleece.—v.t.to clip wool from: to plunder: to cover, as with wool.—adjs.Fleeced, having a fleece;Fleece′less.—ns.Flee′cer, one who strips or plunders;Fleece′-wool, that shorn from the living animal.—adj.Fleec′y, woolly. [A.S.fléos; Dut.vlies, Ger.fliess.]
Fleech, flēch,v.t.(Scot.) to flatter, coax, beg.—ns.Fleech′ing,Fleech′ment.
Fleer, flēr,v.t.orv.i.to make wry faces in contempt, to mock.—n.mockery.—n.Fleer′ing.—adv.Fleer′ingly. [Cf. Norw.flira, Sw.flissa, to titter.]
Fleet, flēt,n.a number of ships in company, esp. ships of war: a division of the navy, commanded by an admiral. [A.S.fléot, a ship—fléotan, to float; conn. with Dut.vloot, Ger.flotte.]
Fleet, flēt,adj.swift: nimble: transient: (prov.) shallow.—adjs.Fleet′-foot(Shak.), fleet or swift of foot;Fleet′ing, passing quickly: temporary.—advs.Fleet′ingly;Fleet′ly.—n.Fleet′ness. [Prob. Ice.fliótr, swift; but ult. cog. with succeeding word.]
Fleet, flēt,v.i.to flit, pass swiftly.—v.t.(Shak.) to make to pass quickly:—pr.p.fleet′ing;pa.p.fleet′ed.[A.S.fléotan, to float.]
Fleet, flēt,n.a shallow creek or bay, as in Northfleet,Fleet-ditch,&c.—The Fleet, orFleet Prison, a London gaol down to 1842, long a place of confinement for debtors—clandestine marriages were solemnised here down to 1754 by broken-down clergymen confined for debt. [A.S.fléot, an inlet.]
Flemish, flem′ish,adj.of or belonging to theFlemingsor people of Flanders, or their language.—n.Flem′ing, a native of Flanders.—Flemish school, a school of painting formed by the brothers Van Eyck, reaching its height in Rubens, Vandyck, and Teniers;Flemish stitch, a stitch used in making certain kinds of point-lace. [Dut.Vlaamsch.]
Flench, flensh,v.t.to cut up the blubber of, as a whale.—AlsoFlense,Flinch. [Dan.flense.]
Flesh, flesh,n.the soft substance which covers the bones of animals: animal food: the bodies of beasts and birds, not fish: the body, not the soul: animals or animal nature: mankind: kindred: bodily appetites: the present life: the soft substance of fruit: the part of a fruit fit to be eaten: (B.) man's visible nature (as opposed toPneumaorSpirit), his human or bodily nature, the seat of sin, but not originally or necessarily evil.—v.t.to train to an appetite for flesh, as dogs for hunting: to accustom: to glut: to use upon flesh, as a sword, esp. for the first time.—ns.Flesh′-broth, broth made by boiling flesh;Flesh′-brush, a brush used for rubbing the skin to excite circulation;Flesh′-col′our, pale red, like the normal colour of the cheek of a child.—adj.Fleshed(flesht), having flesh: fat.—ns.Flesh′er(Scot.), a butcher;Flesh′-fly, a fly that deposits its eggs in and feeds on flesh;Flesh′hood(Mrs Browning), the state of being in the flesh;Flesh′-hook, a hook for drawing flesh from a pot;Flesh′iness.—n.pl.Flesh′ings, thin flesh-coloured dress worn by dancers, actors, &c.—adj.Flesh′less, without flesh: lean.—ns.Flesh′liness;Flesh′ling(Spens.), one wholly devoted to sensuality.—adj.Flesh′ly, corporeal: carnal: not spiritual—alsoadv.Flesh′ly-mind′ed, given to sensual pleasures: carnally-minded.—ns.Flesh′-meat, flesh of animals used for food;Flesh′ment(Shak.), act of fleshing or initiating, excitement arising from success;Flesh′monger, one who deals in flesh: (Shak.) a procurer, a pimp;Flesh′-pot, a pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked: (fig.) abundance of flesh, high living;Flesh′-pottery, sumptuous living;Flesh′-tint, the tint or colour that best represents the human body;Flesh′-worm, a worm that feeds on flesh;Flesh′-wound, a wound not reaching beyond the flesh.—adj.Flesh′y, fat: pulpy: plump.—An arm of flesh, human strength or help;In the flesh, in life, alive: (B.) under control of the lower nature. [A.S.flǽsc; cog. forms in all Teut. languages; Ger.fleisch, &c.]
Fletch, flech,v.i.to feather.—n.Fletch′er, one who makes arrows. [Fr.flèche, an arrow.]