flannel, fiannell, fiannen

& a. [Welsh gwlanen, from gwlan =wool.] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Fabric : A soft, open woolen stuff, of which there are many kinds, twilled or plain and undre ed, milled, gauze, colored, and checked. Also made for specific purposes, as house, horse, and printers' blankets. *2. A compound of hot gin and beer, flavored with nutmeg, sugar, . *3. The quantity of the material described under A. I. 1, nece ary to cover the inside of a coffin, in allusion to the endeavor of Charles II. to promote the woolen trade by ordering that all coffins should be lined with flannel. (Cf. Pope: Moral E ays , i. 246-49.) "Of all his gains by verse he could not save Enough to purchase flannel and a grave." Oldham: A Satire. II. Bot . The leaves of Verbascum thapsus , from their woolly texture. ( Britten & Holland .) B. As adjective: 1. Made of the material described in A. 1; as, a flannel shirt. *2. Soft, warm. "Bid me repair to a more flannel climate." -Walpole: Letters, iii. 9. (1) Natural flannel : A sheet or layer of much interwoven or entangled material, closely resembling coarsely woven cloth; found in summer upon the margins of pools which have dried. It consists of the Interwoven filaments of Confervas, with adherent or entangled Diatoms, Infusoria, ., and crystals of carbonate of lime. ( Griffith & Henfrey .) (2) Our Lord's Flannel , Our Savior's Flannel : Bot.: Echium vulgare . ( Britten & Holland .) flăn-neled, a . [Eng. flannel ; -ed.] Covered with or wrapped up in flannel.