The seed of the flax; linseed.

See Toadflax.

Like flax; flaxen.

To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.

One who strips off the skin.

An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis, formerly Pulex canis) and the smaller cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) take its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix.

A small beetle of the family Halticid/, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.

The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.

Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.

A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllid/, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri.

One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.

imp. of Fly.

A flake; a thread or twist.

A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses.

A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet.

Bloody; clotted.

See Fleer.

An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds.

A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge.

To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.

To fleck.

Without spot or blame.

The act of bending, or state of being bent.

Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.

A flexor.

imp. p. p. of Flee.

To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.

having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination; -- of birds.

not equipped with feathers; -- of an arrow.

having just acquired its flight feathers; -- of a young bird; as, a fledgling robin.

a new member of a group.

To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.

To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.

Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced.

Without a fleece.

One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund.

Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece.

Obs. pl. of Flea.

To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout.

A word or look of derision or mockery.

One who fleers.

In a fleering manner.

To sail; to float.

To take the cream from; to skim.

Swift of foot.

Fleeted or skimmed milk.

Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.

In a fleeting manner; swiftly.

A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.

In a fleet manner; rapidly.

Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time.

imp. of Fly.

To banish; to drive out; to expel.

One who, or that which, banishes or expels.

A native or inhabitant of Flanders.

Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders.

Same as Flence.

To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.

To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time.

Corpulent; fat; having flesh.

The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation.

The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.

Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors and dancers.

Destitute of flesh; lean.

The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites.

A person devoted to fleshly things.

In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously.

The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning.

One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander.

A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked.

A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver.

Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross.

Skimmed.

To feather, as an arrow.

One who fletches or feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows.

To float; to swim.

Producing tears.

The iris. See Flower-de-luce.

A flower-shaped ornament, esp. one terminating an object or forming one of a series, as a knob of a cover to a dish, or a flower-shaped part in a necklace.

Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis; -- said esp. of a cross so decorated.

imp. of Fly.

Having large flews.

The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound.

Flax.

A system of scheduling working hours in places of employment, which allows employees to arrive at and leave work at times of their own choice, providing that they work the required number of hours and usually requiring that they be present during certain hours, called core time.

Having power to change the mind.

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light.

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

Having bent or curved ribs.

Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.

The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.

Flexuous.

Having turns, windings, or flexures.

Of, pertaining to, or resulting from, flexure; of the nature of, or characterized by, flexure; as, flexural elasticity.

The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

A sycophant.

An imp.

A buccaneer; an American pirate. See Filibuster.

A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow.

The act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.

In a flickering manner.

See Flittermouse.

To become fledged; to fledge.

One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive.

The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile.

Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition.

A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor.

In a flighty manner.

The state or quality of being flighty.

Fleeting; swift; transient.

A freak; a trick; a lie.

In a flimsy manner.

The state or quality of being flimsy.

Thin or transfer paper.

The act of flinching.

One who flinches or fails.

In a flinching manner.

A bat; a flittermouse.