flagitiousness

[Eng. flagitious; -ne .] The quality of being flagitious; extreme wicked ne , atrocity, villainy. *fla-grā-tion, 8. [FLAG RATE.] A burning; a "We-numbed-feared no flag ration." Love lace: Fletcher's Wild Goose Chase. flag-side, s. [Eng. flag, and side.] A term applied to that side of a split haddock which is free from bone. flag-stone, s. [Eng. flag (1), and stone.] 1. Lithology: (1) Gen.: Any rock so laminated as to split into large, thin layers. Clay-slate does so, some limestones and some sandstones. (2) Spec .: A laminated kind of sandstone. 2. Comm .: Any rock which can be split into flags for pavements or courtyards. flag-wõrm, s . [Eng. flag (2), and worm .] A worm, as its name imports, occurring among the aquatic plants called Flags. The term is used by Walton in his Angler , but the allusion is too vague to enable one to identify the worm or larva intended. *flāil, *flayl, v. t. [O. Fr. flaieler , flaeier , from Lat. flagello .] [FLAIL, 8.] To strike or beat as with a flail.