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( Arch. ) The internal splay of a window jamb. Flap, n . [Du.; Ger lappen , and klappen , allied to tap , clap , and slap , and probably formed from the sound of a blow from a limber, broad, flat surface.) Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, and is easily set in motion, or is attached to one side only; as, the flap of a hat. provs. of Belgium, termed EAST FLANDERS and WEST FLANDERS, respectively. Lat. between 50° 40′ and 51° 23′ N., Lon. 2° 37′ and 4° 23′ E. It is bounded on the N.W. by the N. Sea, and inclosed on its other sides by the provs. of Antwerp, Zealand, S. Brabant, Hainault, "Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings."-Pope. -To move, as something broad, to let fall, as the brim of a hat. "The raven flapp'd his wing."-Tickell. Lat flasca, flaco Same as FLAGON, q. v.] A ve el with a long narrow neck for containing fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine, a spirit flask , . "With champagne fill each man his flask." - King . -A powder-horn; portable receptacle for gunpowder. "Powder in a skine soldier's flask is set on fire." Shaks. ( Founding .) A shallow frame of wood or of iron used for holding the sand employed in moulding Flask'et, n. [W. flasged , a wicker ve el.] A ve el in which viands are served up at table "The silver stands with golden flaskets graced"-Pope. - An oblong basket of shallow capacity Flat, a [Dan. flad ; Swed. platt and flat ; L. Sax. and Ger platt ; Fr plat ; Icel flak Having an even extended surface, without risings or indentures, hills or valleys; horizontal; level, or with a moderate inclination; without marked prominences; plain; as, a flat country -Prostrate; lying the whole length on the ground; not elevated or erect; level with the ground; fallen; laid low; as, to fall flat down. "What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities Aat?" - Milton. - Tastele ; stale; vapid; insipid, monotonous; dull; frigid; wanting relief or variety, as, conversation be came flat . "Pleasing to sight, But to the tongue inelegant and flat " - Philips . -Lifele ; depre ed; inert; low; spiritle ; dejected; lacking life and animation; as, the market is flat . "I feel my genial spirits droop, my hopes all flat ." Milton. Flat, v. a. To make flat, even, or level; to flatten; as, a newsboy flattens his nose against an eating-house window. -To depre ; to make dull, vapid, inert, or spiritle . -To lower in pitch or tone, as a note in music. Flat brook, in New York , a post-office of Columbia co. Flat brookville, in New Jersey, a post-village of Su ex co., on the Delaware river, about 18 m. W. of Norton. Flat bush, in New York , formerly a post-village and township of Kings co.; annexed to Brooklyn in 1894, and now (1897) a part of Greater New York. Near this village the American army was defeated during the Revolution in 1776. Flat Creek, in Georgia , enters the Ocmulgee River from Twigg's co. Flat Creek, in Mi ouri , a post-office of Barry co. Flat Creek, in New York , a P. O. of Montgomery co. Flat Creek, in Tenne ee , a post-office of Bedford co. Flat Creek, in Virginia , enters the Appomattox River from Amelia co. Flat-fish, n. (Zool.) See PLEURONECTES. Flat-footed, a . Firm-footed; determined. Flat Fork, in W. Virginia , a post-office of Roane co Flat Head, in Montana , a post-office of Mi oula co. Flathead In'dians, also called SALISH OF SELISH, a tribe of American Indians who formerly inhabited a -A post-village of Shelby co., about 12 m. S. by W. of Flauntingly, adv . In a flaunting way or manner. Shelbyville Flau'tist, n. [From It. flauto , a flute.] A flute-player, a flutist. Flat Rock, in Kentucky , a post-office of Pulaski co. Flat Rock, in Michigan , a post-village of Wayne co., Flaves'cent, a. [Lat. flavescens, from flavus , yellow.] on Huron river, about 25 m. S.W. of Detroit. Flat Rock, in Ohio , a flourishing township of Henry county. -A post-office of Seneca co. Flat Rock, in South Carolina , a P. O. of Kershaw co. Flat Rock Creek, (Ind. Puck - up - kah ,) in Indiana , rises in Heary co., and flowing generally S.W. through Rush, Decatur, and Shelby cos., enters the E. or Drift- wood Fork of White River at Columbus in Bartholo- mew co.; length abt. 100 m. Flat Rock Creek, in S. Carolina , enters the Wa- teree River abt. 8 m. N. W. of Camden. Flat Shoal Creek, in Georgia , enters the Chatta- hoochee River in Harris co. Flat Shoals, or FLAT SHOAL FACTORY, in Georgia , a post-village of Meri wether co, on Flint River, about 95 m. W. of Milledgeville. Flatten, (flat'n,) v. a. To make flat; to reduce to an equal, level, or even surface; to level. - To beat down; to lay flat; hence, to deject, to dispirit; to depre To make vapid or insipid. To flatten a sail. (Naut.) To spread a sail length- wise of a ship, occasioning a lateral effect only. -v. n. To grow or become flat or even on the surface; to become dead, stale, vapid, or tastele ; to become dull, inert, or spiritle ; to become, as a sound, le sharp or Flat'ter, n. He who or that which makes flat. - Among blacksmiths, a flat swage. -v. a. To break; to crack; to make a fi ure in; to vio- late; to make unequal. Flat'ter, v. a . [Fr.; probably from L. flat are , freq. from flo, flatum , to blow; Icel. fladra , to deceive by blandish- ments.] To inflate with blandishments or exaggerated praises; to deceive with fair words; to cajole; to whee- dle; to coax; to attempt to win by artful compliments.- To soothe or gratify by praise or obsequiousne ; to please a person by applause or favorable notice; to com--Subject to sudden gusts of wind. pliment. To praise falsely; to encourage by favorable but insincere notice, representations, or indications; to raise false hopes in "Mother...lay not that flattering unction to your soul. Shaks. Flat'terblind, v. a. To blind with flattery or false praise. (R.) Flatterer, n. One who flatters; a wheedler; a fawn- er; a lick-spittle; one who endeavors to gain favor by pleasing but undue praise. "The most abject flatterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants." Add is on . Flat'teringly, adv . In a flattering manner Flat'tery, n. [Fr. flatterie.] Act of one who flatters; false praise; adulation; obsequiousne ; wheedling; sy- cophancy; just commendation which gratifies self-love. Flat-iron, n. An instrument for smoothing cloth; a sad-iron. Flat kill Creek, in New Jersey, enters the Delaware River bet. Su ex and Warren cos. Flatlands, in New York , a post-village and township of King's co., abt. 7 m. S.S.E. of the city of Brook- lyn. Flat Lick, in Kentucky , a post-office of Knox co. Flat'ling, adv . With the flat side; flatlong. Flatlings, adv . Not edgewise; flatlong. (R.) Flat'long, adv . With the flat side downwards; not edgewise. -Deadne , dulne ; insipidity; vapidne ; as, flatne of cider. - Dejection; depre ion; lack of spirit or vivacity; mental prostration.-Lack of variety; insipidity; dulne . (Mus.) Gravity of pitch; as, flatne of sound. (Used in contradistinction to sharpne .) Flat River, in Michigan , enters Grand R. in Kent co. Flat River, in Mi ouri , a P. O. of St. Franco is co. Flat River, in N. Carolina , enters the Neuse River from Wake co. which the surface is left, when finished, without glo . The material is prepared with a mixture of oil of tur- pentine, which secures the colors, and, when used in the finishing, leaves the paint quite dead - A mode of keeping gilding in a dead or unburnished state, by slightly sizing it. - Rolling out of metal, as iron, ., into sheets, by the proce of cylindric pre ure. Flat'tish, a . Tending to flatne ; somewhat flat. Flatulence, Flatulency, n. [Lat. flatus , a blast.] (Med.) A morbid collection of gases in the stomach and bowels, commonly arising from indigestion, or from in- dulgence in certain kinds of vegetable food. When, from any weakne in the digestive powers, food re- mains in the stomach in an undigested state, ferment a- tion takes place, and gases are formed. F. is usually symptomatic of other diseases - indigestion, colic, chol- era, hysteria, or nervous debility For its cure, carmin- atives, tonics, and aperients are resorted to; and strict attention to diet is nece ary, taking only such food as is light and easy of digestion, and avoiding all oleraceous vegetables, peas, beans, and flatulent fruits. Weak brandy and water, as a beverage at dinner, is also very beneficial. When the pain is exce ive, hot applications to the stomach and frictions will frequently afford con- sider able relief Flatulent, a [L Lat. flatulent us , from flo , flatus , to blow.] Windy; affected with air generated in the stom- ach and intestines. - Turgid with air; as, a flatulent tumor. (Quincy.) -Generating, or apt to generate wind in the stomach; as, "peas are flatulent ." ( Arbuthnot .) - Empty; vain; puffy; pretentious without substance; as, " a flatulent writer." - Dryden. Flatulently, adv . In a flatulent manner. Fla'tus, n. [Lat., from flare , to blow.] Flatulence; an accumulation of generated air in the cavities of the stomach. -A puff of wind; a breath of air. Flat'wise, a. or adv . [ Flat and wise.] With the flat side downward, or next to another object; - opposed to edgewise. Flat'woods, in Pennsylvania , a P. O of Fayette co Flat Woods, in W. Virginia , a P. O. of Braxton co Flaunt, ( flänt ,) v. a. [Probably from Ger. flattern , to flit, to move about, to flutter.] To flutter; to show or spread out; to display one's self ostentatiously; as, "usele ornament and flaunting show." (Dryden.)- To carry a pert or saucy appearance; as, a flaunting jade. (-n. Anything displayed for show Egyptian discov. ery, as the cover- ings of the mum- mies found in the pyramids all at- test to their being composed of what is generally termed flax The flax-plant is of slender form, and of annual growth. It reach- es generally the height of from 2 to 3 feet, and has small lanceolate leaves, which ter- minate at the ex- tremities in deli- cate blue flowers, which are after- wards replaced by seed-ve els, con- taining each ten seeds. The plant itself grows over the whole extent of Europe, Asia, and America. The time for gather- ing the flax is Flax'man, JOHN, a celebrated English sculptor, B. at York, 1755. His father was a figure-moulder. The son, from his earliest years, exhibited and cultivated his tal- ent for designing, and was also attracted by the pictu- resque conceptions of Greek mythology. He began to study at the Royal Academy in 1770, earning for some time a living by making designs for Wedgwood the potter, and other persons. He went to Italy in 1787, and during the seven years he spent there, his wife ac- companying him, he acquired the highest reputation by three series of designs, the illustrations to Homer, Æs- chylus, and Dante. He was chosen A.R.A. in 1797, and profe or of sculpture in 1810. The monument to Lord Mans field in Westminster Abbey, the group of Cephalus and Aurora , Psyche , the group of the Archangel Michael and Satan, are among his best works. He executed many exquisite ba i-relievi, compositions from Scrip- ture subjects, and marked by some special religious sen- timent. The monuments to Nelson, Howe, and Rey- nolds in St. Paul's are by his hand. One of his latest and finest productions is the Shield of Achilles . D. 1826. The sculptures and sketches of Flaxman are now de- posited and exhibited in a Gallery, called the "Flaxman Hall," at University College, London. His Lectures on Sculpture pa ed through a new edition in 1866. Flax's eed, n. The seed of the flax-plant; linseed. Flax'weed, n. ( Bot .) See LINARIA. Flax'-wench, n. A female employed in spinning. Flax'y, a. Like flax; flaxen; of a light color; fair. Flay, v.a. [A.S. flean; Gr. phloizõ , to peel, from phloios , rind, peel, from phlèo , to overflow; the bark or rind bursting when the tree overflows with sap.] To take the skin or rind off; to skin; to strip off; as, to flay an ox, to be flayed alive. Fleck'er, v. a. To spot; to mark with strokes or touches of different colors; to fleck. Flection, n. [Lat. flectio , from flectere , to bend.] The act or power of bending. (Gram.) The variation of words by declension, com- parison, or conjugation. Flec'tor, Flexor, n. (Anat.) The name of several muscles, the office of which is to bend parts into which they are inserted. Fledge, v. a. [A.S. fleogan , to fly; Ger. flügeln, to supply with wings.] To furnish with feathers, or wings; to supply with the feathers for flight. -a. Full-feathered; able to fly; qualified to leave the nest. Fledg'ling, n. A young bird recently fledged. Flee, v . n . ( imp . and pp . FLED; ppr . FLEEING.) [A. S. fleon; D. vlieden; Icel. fly a; Ger. fliehen; Lat. fugio; Gr. pheugo, to flee. The distinction between flee and fly ought to be carefully observed.] To run away; to run with rapidity, as from danger; to attempt to escape; to hasten from danger or expected evil; to hasten away; sometimes preceding from. -v. a. To shun; to run from; to escape; to avoid, to keep at a distance from. Flegm, n. See PHLEGM. Flem, n. See FLEAM. Fleming, n. An inhabitant or native of Flanders. Flem'ing, in Kentucky , a N. E. co.; area , about 340 sq. m. Rivers. Licking river, and Fleming, Fox, and Triple creeks. Surface , diversified; soil , fertile. Min . Iron and limestone. Capital , Flemingsburgh. (1890) 16,078. Pop . Fleming, in Michigan , a post-office of Livings ton co. Fleming, in New York , a post-town and township of Cayuga co., on Owasco lake, 5 m. S. W. of Auburn. Fleming, in Ohio , a village of Licking co., about 10 m. E. by N. of Newark. -A post-office of Washington county. Fleming, in Pennsylvania , the post-office of Unionville, Centre county. Flemings, in Indiana , a vill, of Shelby co., about 5 m. S. by W. of Shelbyville. Flem'ingsburgh, in Kentucky , a post-village, cap. of Fleming county, about 75 miles E. by N. of Frank. fort. Fleece, n. [A.S. flys, fles; Ger. flie ; Lat. vellus . The Flem'ington, in Florida , a post-office of Marion co. coat of wool shorn from a sheep at one time. See WOOL. Fleming ton, in North Carolina , a vill. of Wake co., -v. a. To clip the fleece of a sheep. To strip of money or property; to pull off; to plunder; as, to fleece the public. To spread over; to cover, as with wool. Fleece, (Order of the Golden.) [Fr. toison d'or.] One of the most distinguished among European orders of knighthood. It was founded by Philip III., duke of Burgundy, in 1430; and as by its foundation his succes- sors were declared to be hereditary grand-masters, that title pa ed, with the Burgundian inheritance, to the house of Austria; thence, after the death of Charles V., to the Spanish line of that house: but when the mon- archy of Spain pa ed to the Bourbons, and the Spanish Netherlands to Austria, the archdukes of Austria claimed the grand-mastership; and claims are made on it at present both by the emperor of Austria and king of Spain. The order is consequently conferred both at Vienna and Madrid, and is, in both courts, the highest in point of rank. - See Fig. 570. Fleecele , a. Having no fleece. Flee'cer, n. One who strips, or takes by severe exaс- tions. Flee'cy, a . Woolly; covered with wool; as, fleecy flocks. -Soft; resembling wool; as, the fleecy east. Fleer, v. n. [A.S. fleardian , to trifle; Icel. flyra, to laugh, to grin.] To mock; to jest; to gibe with in so- lence and contempt; as, "to fleer and scorn at our solemnity." ( Shaks .) - To leer; to grin with an air of civility. Fleer, v . a. To mock; to flout. Fleer, n. Mockery expre ed either by words or looks. - A deceitful grin of civility. Fleer'er, n. One who jests insultingly; a mocker. Fleer'ingly, adv . In a mocking or derisive manner. Fleet, a celebrated London prison, situated in the Fleet , a tributary of the Thames, now covered over; it existed as early as the 13th cent. Pulled down in 1845. Noted for its Fleet marriages , clandestinely performed by cler- gymen imprisoned for debt; forbidden by statute, 1754. Fleet, n. [A. S. flota , fliet , a ship, from fleotan , to float; Du. vloot ; Fr. and Ger. flotte ; Swed. and It. flotta ; Dan. flaade. Root, Sansk. plu , to swim.] This term applies to the different detachments, or squadrons, which form the navy of any country, which are sta- tioned in various parts of the world, for defence, aggres- sion, or intimidation. In the more extended inter pre- tation of the term, it is also applied to any company of ve els united together, and sailing with one object, either mercantile or warlike. Fleet, n. [A. S. fleot ; Du. vliet .] A creek; an inlet; an sæstuary; a river; a broad ditch. Fleet, a . [Icel. fliotr , quick, swift, nimble.] Swift of pace; nimble; light and quick in motion, or moving with lightne and celerity; moving with velocity, as the wind; as, a fleet horse, a fleet runner. -Light; superficially fruitful; thin; as, a fleet soil. (Eng. prov.) Fleet, v. n. [Icel. flyta , to hasten. See FLIT.] To hasten; to flit as a light substance; to be in a transient state. in pleasure or merriment; as, "to fleet the time care- le ly." - Shaks. -[A. S. flêt , cream.] To skim cream from the surface of. (Naut.) To draw asunder the blocks of; as, to fleet a tackle. To make to slip down the barrel of a windla , as a chain. Fleet-foot, Fleet-footed, a. Swift of foot; run- ning rapidly. Fleeting, p . a . Pa ing rapidly; not durable; tran- sient; momentary; transitory; evanescent; as, fleeting joys. Fleetly, adv . Swiftly; nimbly; with swift pace. Fleetne , n. Swiftne ; rapidity; velocity; celerity, speed; quickne ; nimblene . Fleet'ville, in Pennsylvania , a post-village of Lacka- wanna co., about 150 m. N. E. of Harris burg. Fleet-winged, a . Flying rapidly. Fleet wood, a sea-port and bathing-resort of England, co. Lancaster, at the entrance of More cam be Bay, 18 m. N.W. of Preston; pop . 4,726. Flense, v. a. Same as FLENCH, q. v. Flens'ing, n. Same as FLENCHING, q. v. Flensborg, or FLENSBURG, a seaport-town of North Germany, on the E. coast of Schleswig-Holstein, at the bottom of a deep fiord of the Baltic, 19 m. N.N.W. of Schleswig, with a good harbor. Manuf . Sugar, spirits, cloth, paper, tobacco, and chiefly tiles, which are largely exported; ship-building is actively engaged in. Pop . 21,650. Flensburg, in Illinois , a village of Effing ham co., abt. 100 m. S.E. of Springfield. Flers, a town of France, dep. Orne, 35 m. W.N. W. of Alençon; pop . 6,000. Flesh, n. (A. S. flæsc; Ger. fleisch .] The muscular part of an animal, or the softer solids, as distinguished from the bones and the fluids. As a general appellation it may be taken to include the blood-ve els, nerves, cel- lular ti ue, . - See MUSCLE, TISSUE, . Fleurus, ( Aur'ōōs ,) a town of Belgium, prov. Hainault, near the Sambre, 7 m. N.E. of Charleroi; pop . 2,397. This place is noted for four important battles having taken place in its vicinity. The first took place on Aug. 30, 1622, between the Spaniards under Gonsalvo of Cordova, the general of the Catholic League, and the troops of the Protestant Union commanded by the Bas- tard of Mansfeld and the dukes of Brunswick and Saxe- Weimar. Both sides claimed the advantage. The second was fought July 1, 1690, Montmorency, duke of Luxem- bourg, defeating the Prince of Waldeck, one of the most able of the generals of the Augsburg League. The third was that in which General Jourdain defeated the Im- per i a lists under the Prince of Coburg, June 26, 1794. The fourth, more commonly known as the battle of Ligny , took place on the 16th of June, 1815. On that day Blücher was defeated by Napoleon. Fleur'y, ANDRÉ, HERCULE DE, a cardinal and prime minister of France, under Louis XV., was born at Lodève, in Langue doc, in 1653. Coming to court, he won gen- Flick'eringly, adv . In an unsteady manner. eral favor by his pleasing person and fine understand- Flicks'ville, in Pennsylvania , a post-village of North- ing; became bishop of Fréjus; and, through the in- terest of Madame Main ten on, was appointed instructor to Louis XV. In 1726 he was made cardinal, placed at the head of the ministry, and from his 73d to his 90th year he administered the affairs of his country with great succe . Died 1743. (Chem.) The F. of animals consists of fibrine in a coagulated form, permeated by at least three times its weight of water and fluid, consisting partly of blood and partly of substances secreted from it. The soluble matters consist chiefly of albumen, the soluble salts of Flew, imp . of FLY, q. v. the blood, two animal principles called kreatine and -n. The large chaps of a deep-mouthed hound. Fleury, CLAUDE, a French historian, author of an Eccle- siastical History in 20 vols., Manners of the Israeli tes , .; в. 1640; D. 1723. inosite, and phosphoric, lactic, butyric, acetic, and formic Flex, v . a . [Lat. flex us , from flectere , to turn.] To bend. acids. The salts consist of the phosphate of potash, mag- Flexan'imous, a. [Lat. flectere, to turn, and animus , nesia, and lime, and a small quantity of chloride of sodium. Flesh, v . a . To initiate; - from the sportsman's practice of feeding his hawks and dogs with the first game that they take, or training them to pursuit by giving them the flesh of animals. Flesh'-color, n. A pale-white with a blush of pink. Flesh'-colored, a . Having the color of flesh. Flesh'-diet, n. Food consisting of flesh. Fleshed, a. Corpulent; fat; having abundance of flesh. -Used; accustomed; inured; hardened. Flesh'er, n. A butcher. (The term is peculiar to Scotl.) Flesh'-fly, n. See MUSCA. Flesh'-fork, n. A fork for trying meat and taking it from the caldron. Flesh'-hook, n. A hook to draw meat from the boiler. Flesh'ine , n. The quality of being fleshy; plump- ne ; fulne ; gro ne ; corpulence. Flesh'le , a. Destitute of flesh; lean. Flesh'line , n. The quality of being fleshly; the carnal pa ions and appetites. Flesh'ly, a. Corporeal; carnal; worldly; lascivious; voluptuous. Consisting of flesh; animal; not vegeta- ble. - Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. Fleshly-mind'ed, a. Given over to sensual delights. Flesh'-meat, n. Animal food. Flesh'ment, n. The act of initiation; the excitement attendant upon initiation. Flesh-monger, n. One who deals in flesh; a pimp. Flesh'-pot, n. A ve el in which flesh is cooked. Flesh'y, a . Plump: fat; corpulent; gro . -Pulpous and succulent, as fruit. Fletch'er, n. A maker of bows and arrows. Fletch'er, JOHN, an English dramatic poet, в. 1576, who wrote several plays in conjunction with Beaumont. In this dramatic partnership, it is said that Fletcher found fancy and Beaumont judgment. He D. 1625. The principal piece of his own writing is a dramatic pastoral entitled The Faithful Shepherde ; and there is no doubt that it suggested the idea of Milton's Comus . Edward the mind.] Of a pliant disposition. Flexibility, n. [Fr., from Lat. flexibilitas ; from flec- tere, to turn. Pliancy; pliability; readine to bend; as, flexibility of fibres. "The maid pursued her flight ; her flight increased his fire." Pope . -Act of flying, or of pa ing through the air by means of wings; manner of flying; removal from place to place by flying; volitation; as, a pigeon's flight . -A flock of birds, or a number of beings, pa ing through the air in company; a number of things flying together; a volley, as of arrows; a periodical flying of birds in flocks; the birds produced in the same season; as, a flight of swallows. (Phys.) The property which all bodies po e to a greater or le degree, which is evinced in their dispo- sition to yield or change their form in a direction at right angles to their length, through their own weight or by means of any pre ure or strain applied to them. Pieces of the same material differ from each other in the degree of flexibility they exhibit, in proportion to their length and thickne . Thus it is evident that a cylin- -A series of steps or stairs from one floor to another. drical bar of iron an inch in diameter and twenty feet -The husk or envelope of oats. diameter of two inches. This may be seen by resting the extremities of each on supports of equal height, when the long would become curved in form through its own weight, its centre being considerable below a chord drawn from one end of it to the other; while the thicker bar would be scarcely bent out of the straight line. Materials also exhibit a greater degree of flex- ibility in one condition than in another; metals, for in- stance, yielding far more readily to pre ure when heated than when cold. A wrought-iron beam which would sustain a great weight without perceptive deflec- tion when cold, would bend considerably under the same weight when red-hot. The great flexibility of ropes of hemp and metal renders it quite impo ible to stretch them horizontally in a straight line, as may be seen in the case of a rope stretched for the performance of a tight-rope dancer. There is no material that will not exhibit flexibility in some degree, because there is no substance in nature that is perfectly rigid and in- flexible; but the degree of flexibility po e ed by any material is denoted by the extent to which it will bend, or by the weight which it will support without breaking. This property must not be confounded with that of elasticity: elastic bodies will return to their former shape when they have been bent or altered by pre ure in any way; but bodies which po e flexibility with- out elasticity do not return to their original form in all cases. A straight bar of iron, though bent by its own weight only, will not exactly resume its original shape, although a rope will do so. The consideration of the deflection or flexibility of beams of wood and iron bars and girders, as well as of ropes and chains, and other materials, is an important point in the construction of buildings, bridges, and engineering works of various Phillips, the nephew of Milton, cla es Fletcher with Flex'ible, ( fleks'i - bl ,) a. [Fr., from Lat. flexibilis .] That Shakspeare and Jonson, as one of the "happy tri- umvirate" of the age. Fletch'er, in Ohio , a post-village of Miami co., abt. 80 m. N. of Cincinnati: pop . abt. 500. Fletch'er, in Vermont , a post-township of Franklin co.; pop . abt. 950. Fletiferous, a. [Lat. fletus , a weeping, and ferre, to bear. Causing weeping or lamentation. Flet'-milk, n. [ Flet , pp. of fleet , q. v.] Skimmed milk. Fleur-de-lis, (flür'de-lee,) n. [Fr., flower of the lily.] (Her.) The flower of the water-lily or yellow flag, which constituted the principal feature in the armorial bear- ings of the monarchs of France prior to the execution of Louis XVI., and under the Restoration. It was in- troduced into the arins of France about the year 1140, being first borne by Louis VII. This monarch, who had exercised regal power during the lifetime of his father, had prob- ably adopted and worn it even prior to this date as his badge or cogni- zance, as the Plant a genets dist in- guished themselves by bearing a may be bent; readily bending without breaking; pliant; pliable; supple; not stiff or rigid; yielding to pre ure; as, a flexible stalk, flexible steel. Capable of yielding to entreaties, arguments, or other moral force; trac- table; easily managed or turned; not firm; accommo- dating; inconstant; wavering; ductile. -That may be accommodated or suited to various forms and purposes. "This was a principle more flexible to their purpose."-Rogers. Flex'iblene , n . Easine or readine to be bent; pliability. Flex'ibly, adv . In a pliant manner. Flexicos'tate, a. [Lat. flex us , bent, and costa , a rib.] Having the ribs bent. Flex'ile, a. [Lat. flexilis , from flex us , pp. of flectere , to bend.] That may be bent; easily bent; pliant; pliable; as, flexile osiers. Flex'ion, n. [Lat. flexio.] A bend; a part bent; a fold. Flex'or, n. [Lat.] ( Anat . ) The name of certain mus- cles whose office it is to bend the parts into which they are inserted. The antagonistic muscles are termed extensors . sprig of broom; and from this circumstance its present Flex'uous, Flex'uose, a . [Lat. flexuosus, from name may be derived. Flighted, ( flit'ed ,) a . Taking wing or flight; flying. Flight'ily, adv . In a flighty or airy manner. Flight'ine , n. State or quality of being flighty or volatile; levity; giddine ; volatility; as, flightine of -n. Thin paper; cap-paper; transfer-paper. - A cant term, applied in England to a bank-note. Flinch, (flinsh,) v. n. [0. Ger. wenkjan, wankôn, to waver, to shrink, allied to Lat, vacillo , to sway to and fro; Sansk. vakh , to move one's self.] To shrink; to withdraw from; to fail of proceeding, or of performing anything; to wince; as, to bear pain without flinching. Flinch'er, n. One who flinches, fails, or shrinks from. Flinch'ingly, adv . In a flinching or wincing manner. Flin'ders, n . pl . (Scot. flenders .] Splinters; chips; Flin'der-mouse, n. A bat. Flint, n. [A.S. flint ; Ger. flint ens tein.] (Min.) A variety of quartz, allied to Chalcedony , q. v., but more opaque and of dull colors, usually gray, smoky brown, and brownish-black. It breaks with sharp cutting edges and a conchoidal surface. F. is nearly pure silica. It often occurs in layers of irregular nodules and some- times in flat tabular bands. These nodules consist largely of the remains of infusoria, sponges, and other marine productions. The coloring-matter of the common F. is mostly carbonaceous matter, and it usually contains also about one per cent. of alumina and peroxide of iron, with one or two of water. After being calcined and ground, F. is often used in the manufacture of gla , earthenware, and porcelain. Flint-gla , n. See GLASS. Flint'-heart, Flint'-hearted, a . Having a hard heart; obdurate; cruel. like those of Australia, or half-civilized men like the Flip'dog, n . The iron used for heating flip. Indians of North America - for a period so enormously Flip-flap, a . Noting the repeated noise or stroke of more distant than the most ancient historic event, that the imagination shrinks from the consideration of the question. Flint, or FLINTS HIRE, a maritime co. of England, in N. of Wales, consisting of two separate portions, the largest and most important of which is bounded on the N. by the Irish Sea, on the E. by the sæstuary of the Dee, and the river Dee itself, and on the S. and W. by Denbigh- shire; the other and smaller portion lies along the S. bank of the Dee between the cos. of Chester and Salop. -Pert; petulant; waggish; voluble and thoughtle ; as, "away with flippant epilogues." - Thomson. Area, 289 sq. m., being the smallest of the Welsh coun- Flip'pantly, adv . In a flippant manner. ties Surface , diversified, a range of high hills separat- Flip'pantne , n . The quality of being flippant. ing it on the W. from Denbighshire. Soil . Highly fer- Flip'per, n . The paddle of a sea-turtle; the arm of a seal. tile and productive, consisting, in a great part, of the -The broad fin of a fish celebrated Vale of Clwyd. Rivers . Dee, Clwyd, and Alyn, -The hand; as, "Me mate, give us your flipper ." - Prod. Wheat, barley, rye, and excellent dairy produce Marryat. (Colloq.) kingdom; copper, coal, limestone, ., are also largely mined. Manuf . Cottons; the larger portion of dustry of this co, after agriculture, is however devoted to lead and copper smelting. Chief Towns. Flint (the river, about 9 miles N.E. of Pittsfield. Flint, in Indiana , a post office of Steuben co. Flint, in Iowa , a post-office of Mahaska co. Flint, in Kentucky , a post-office of Call away co. Flint, in Michigan , a thriving city, cap. of Gene see co., 34 miles S.E. of Saginaw; has extensive manufactories and a large trade in lumber, implements, and cigars Pop . (1897) about 12,000. Flint, in New York , a post-village of Ontario co Flint, in Ohio , a post-office of Franklin co. Flint Creek, in Illinois , enters the Mi i ippi river from Des Moines co. Flint Creek, in Indiana , enters the Wabash river from Fountain co. Flint Hill, in Mi ouri , a post-village of St. Charles co., about 50 miles W.N.W. of St. Louis. Flint Hill, in Virginia , a post-village of Rappahan- Flint Im'plements. ( Geol .) The name given to stony materials imperfectly sculptured, supposed to be the relics of the primitive inhabitants of Europe, which have been discovered from time to time, by being acc i- dentally turned up whilst ploughing in fields, or by the zealous search of some indefatigable antiquaries. Those which have already been discovered do not differ in the slightest respect from the rude weapons constructed of flint which are used even in the present day by the savages inhabiting portions of Asia, America, Africa, and the islands in the Indian Archipelago and the South seas. Arrow-heads and hatchets are the forms in which the weapons are mostly discovered, and there is an un- limited variety in the shape and construction of even these. The precise nature of these implements, the fact that they must have been of human manufacture, and the clear proof of their position in situ with bones and other remains of animals contemporaneous with the savages who made the implements, are the points of chief in- terest. They are principally composed of flint, but in- clude granite, jade, serpentine, jasper, basalt, and other stones. Of these implements there are two well marked types, some being shaped by chipping alone, others fin- ished by grinding and polishing. The first type is a igned to the earlier part of the stone age, and cla i- fied as palæolithic implements: the second to the later part, and cla ed as neolithic implements. The palæo- lithic implements comprise three cla es, the best--A village of Lake co., about 35 miles N.W. of Chicago. finished being an oval, sharp-edged form, the second long and pointed, the third tongue-shaped. The neolithic are more varied in form, being often carefully shaped and finely finished, some far surpa ing anything pro- duced by modern savages or barbarians. So large a number of these interesting objects have been found in certain spots as to lead to the supposition that they have been intentionally buried, or that a manufactory of them existed there. The chief localities for these ob- jects, at first, were two or three gravel-beds on the banks of the Somme, near Amiens and Abbeville, in France. Many caverns and some gravel-beds in the southern and western parts of England have since yielded them. They have been found also in Belgium, Germany, and Italy, always with the same a ociations. The evidence of their being of the age of the gravel-deposit is varied and fragmentary, but on the whole satisfactory. In the first place, the gravel is undisturbed, and it is clear that all parts of the deposit must have been placed where we find them at some one time, and have since been covered up by a natural accumulation of subsoil and soil. The flints are found not at the top, nor always near the top, but occupying a definite place in the ma either with or below the bones of extinct quadrupeds, such as elephants and rhinoceroses The naturally broken and rolled flints are weathered generally in a particular way, and these sculptured flints are weathered in the same way and to the same extent The gravel occupies a position so much above any water-level in the neighborhood, that the general level of the whole land must have changed since the deposit, to account for its accumulation. In the case of the caverns, the imple- ments are found sealed up with extinct bones, by a natural incrustation of limestone, and then, after being thus sealed up, deposits of more recent date have been heaped upon them. In some cases the implements have been found under the bones of animals that have either died on the spot or been dragged into the cave while undecomposed. Among such animals are bears, hyænas, rhinoceroses, elephants, and hippopotamuses, of extinct species. Horns of reindeer, on which are etched recog- nizable figures of the reindeer, have been found with im- plements and human bones in the south of France. As a general result of this curious inquiry, it would seem that there must have been human inhabitants - savages nock co., about 35 miles S. of Winchester. Flint'ine , n. The quality of being hard, obdurate, or cruel. Flint'kalk, n. [Ger.] ( Min . ) Same as DOLOMITE Flint-lock, n . The lock of a musket, having a steel fixed in the hammer, for striking on the steel-pan Flint's Mill, in Ohio , a post-office of Washington co. Flint River, in Alabama , enters the Tenne ee river from Morgan co Flint River, in Georgia, rises in Clayton co., and flowing in a general S. course, enters the Chattahoochee river from Decatur co. Length about 300 miles. Indian name, Thronasteeska. Flint River, in Iowa , a township of Morris co Flint River, in Michigan , rises in Lapeer co., and flowing in a tortuous S.W., then N W. course through Gene see co., joins the Shiawa ee river in Saginaw co., to form the Saginaw river. Flint Spring, in Kentucky , a post-office of Ohio co. Flint-stone, n. Same as FLINT ( q . v.) Flint stone, in Maryland , a post-village of Alleghany co., about 12 miles E. of Cumber land. Flint' ville, in Tenne ee , a post-village of Lincoln co., 11 miles S.E. of Fayetteville Flint'y, a Made of, or resembling flint; exce ively hard; as, a flinty rock, a flinty heart. - Hard of heart: cruel; savage; inexorable. - Full of flints; as, flinty ground. Flint'y-hearted, a . Having a hard, unfeeling heart. Flint'y Slate, n ( Min .) An impure quartz, having a slaty structure. It contains about 75 per cent of silica, with some lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, . Its frac- ture is splintery rather than conchoidal, and it is more or le translucent. It pa es gradually into clay slate, with which it is often found in intimate geological connection. Flip, n. A drink made of spirits, beer, and sugar, and heated by a hot iron; as, egg - flip . (Called in the US egg-nog.) Flippin, in Tenne ee , a post-office of Lauderdale co. Flirt, v. a. [Probably formed from fleer. Flirt unites the meanings of fleer and its root, leer . See FLEER and LEER.] To throw with a jerk, or sudden effort or exer tion; to fling suddenly; as, to firt a glove. "The scavenger Flirts from his cart the mud in Walpole's face." -Swift. -To to or throw about; to wave or move quickly and playfully; as, "permit me to flirt your fan." - Earl of Dorset . IMG:content-0166.jpg:[graphic] -Giddy; coquettish. Flirtingly, adv . In a flirting manner. Flisk, a small river in Ireland, flowing into the Lake of Killarney. Flitter, n. [Ger. flittern , to glitter.] A tag; a rag; a batter; a fragment Flit'ter-mouse, n. Same as FLINDER-MOUSE, q. v. Flit'ting, p . a Moving by starts; fluttering. -n. A flying with celerity; a fluttering. Flit'tingly, adv In a flitting manner. Flix, n Same as FLUX, q. v. Flix'-weed, n. ( Bot .) See SISYMBRIUM Float, (flot,) n. [A. S. flota . 'See the verb.] That which swims or is borne on water; a floating ma ; a raft; anything that floats on the surface of a fluid; as, "a float of weeds and rushes." ( L'Estrange .) - A cork or quill connecting with an angling-line, and resting on the sur face of the water, in order to afford indication of the bite of a fish. -A floor, or level space of earth, 18 feet square and 1 deep. ( Mortimer .) - A sort of smoothing-file An in- strument for plastering, used by masons - A low cart used for the carriage of heavy loads (Eng.) -v. n. [A. S. fleótan, flotian; L. Ger floten, vloten; O Ger. fluizan; Lat. fluito , to float, freq. of fluo , to flow; O. Icel. flut, to flow. Root Sanak. plu , to swim.] To be borne or sustained on the surface of a fluid; to be buoyed up; to swim; not to sink; not to be aground -To move or be conveyed on water; to be buoyed up and Flocculence, n . The state of being in tufts or locks. moved or conveyed in a fluid, as in air; to move with a Flocculent, a . Having many tufts or locks. light, irregular course. "There seems a floating whisper on the hills." - Byron. Floating debt, capital , dc., that part of the debt of a State which is not stable, and is to be paid at demand or at short term.