flativet (flativ)

[L. flatus, pp. of flare = E. blow1.] Producing wind; flatulent. flatling (flat'ling), adv. [ And to hys chaumbur can he gone And leyde hym flatlyng on the grounde. MS . Cantab . Ff . ii. 38, f. 99. (Hall i well.) With her sword on him she flatling strooke, In signe of true subjection to her powre. Spenser, F. Q., V. v. 18. Of the Sun's stops, it Colure hath to name, Because his Teem doth seem to trot more tame On these cut points; for, heere he doth not ride Flatling a-long, but vp the Sphears steep side. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Columnes. flatlings (flat'lingz), adv. 1. Scotch form of flatling. The blade struck me flatlings . IMG:content-1459.png:[blocks in formation] first perusal of them, and then flatten upon our taste by degrees, as our familiarity with them increases, Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. ii. 3. In music , same as flat1 , 3. flattent (flat'n), a . [Irreg. flat1 +-en2.] Flat; foolish. The prince has been upon him: What a flatten face he has now! it takes, believe it: How like an a he looks! flattened (flat'nd), p . a . Made flat. Specifically (a) In entom ., perpendicularly depre ed; thinner and broader than usual: as, flattened tibite. (b) In bot ., de- pre ed, as a sphere or cylinder having its opposite sur- faces brought more closely together. flattener (flat'ner), п . 1. Same as flatter1 . Specifically-2. A workman in a gla -works who flattens the softened and split cylinders to form them into sheets, after they are laid upon the flattening-stone of the flattening-furnace. The cylinder is now ready for the flattener , who, having prepared it by a preliminary warming in the flue by which it is introduced into his furnace, pa es it by means of a croppie, or iron instrument, on to the flattening-stone. Gla -making , p. 128. A flattening-furnace (flat'ning-fernās), n . furnace for the flattening out of cylinder-gla which has been split longitudinally; a spread- ing-oven. Also flatting - furnace . flattening-hearth (flat'ning-härth), n. The hearth of a flattening-furnace. Also flatting- hearth. flattening-mill (flat'ning-mil), n . which metal is flattened out into plates or sheets by pa ing it between rollers. Also W. K. Clifford, Lectures, I. 309. flatting -mill. IMG:content-1460.png:[blocks in formation] especially, to give pleasing but false impres- sions or encouragement to. For now reviving joy bids her rejoice, And Aatters her it is Adonis' voice. Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 978. I dare not swear thou lovest me; yet my blood begins Shak ., Hen. V., v. 2. to flatter me that thou dost. None can flatter himself his life will be always fortu- Steele , Spectator, No. 290. O sodeyn hap, O thou fortune instable, Lyke to the scorpion so deceyvable, That flat rest with thyn heed whan thou wolt stynge. Chaucer. Merchant's Tale, L. 815. He cannot flatter , he! An honest mind and plain he must speak truth. Shak ., Lear, ii. 2. And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast), The lie that flatters I abhor the most. flatourt, n. [ME., flateur , F. flat- teur Pr. flataire , a flatterer: see flatter2 .] A flatterer. Alas! ye lordes, many a fals flat our Is in youre courtes. flatten (flat'n), r. [ flat1 + -en1 (c).] I. trans . 1. To make flat; reduce to an equal or even surface; level. They throng, and cleave up, and a pa age cleare, As if for that time their round bodies flatned were. flattening- stone . flattening-stone (flat'ning-ston), n . In gla - making , a stone or a slab of devitrified gla , fire-brick, etc., with smooth surface, on which the split cylinders of gla are heated in the flattening-furnace, and then spread out and Capable of being flattered; open to flattery. made flat by the aid of the flattening-tool. Also called flatting-stone, flattening-plate, flatting- plate . flattening-tool (flat'ning-töl), n . In sheet - gla manuf ., a tool consisting of an iron handle with a wooden cro -piece at the end, with which the split and softened cylinder of gla is smoothed out on the flattening-stone. Also flatting -tool. flatter1 (flat'èr), n. [ flatter , who levels off the shanks and bellies with a currier's knife. C. T. Davis, Leather, p. 497. Specifically-2. A hammer with a broad face, used by smiths in working flat faces.-3. In wire - drawing , a draw-plate with a flat orifice for drawing flat strips, as for watch-springs, skirt flatter (flat'er), v. [ fletteren , flat- ter, appar. a freq. form (with freq. suffix-er4), but Kilian marks MD. flattérer (not, however, *flettéren) as if (like G. flattiren, Dan. flat- tere , Sw. flatter a , flatter) of F. origin (with F. inf. suffix -er), flater , flatter, soothe, smooth, stroke gently, etc., F. flatter , flatter. If taken directly into ME., the OF. flater would give *flaten, *flatten, mod. (Sc.) flat , flatter; cf. flattery , flat our , from the F. Cf. Icel. fladhra , fawn upon, fladhr , low flattery, fawn- ing. G. flattern , flit, flutter, rove, ramble, is an accom. form of fladern , vladern , vledern, OHG. fledaron =OD. vlederen , vledderen , flit, flutter (hence G. fledermaus , D. vledermuis , E. flittermouse, q. v.). The F. word is prob. of Teut. origin; the sense 'stroke' is prob. the earlier, and points, as some think, to E. flat, Icel. flatr , etc., as if 'smooth flat, hence stroke,' etc. Cf. OD. vlaeden , vleijden , D. vlei- jen , flatter.] I. trans . 1. To please or gratify, or seek to please or gratify, by praise, especial ly undue praise, or by obsequious attentions, submi ion, imitation, etc.; play upon the van- ity or self-love of (a person) with a view to gain some advantage. A man that flatter eth his neighbour spread eth a net for his feet. Prov. xxix. 5. To seem to affect the malice and displeasure of the peo- ple is as bad as that which he dislikes, to flatter them for Shak., Cor., ii. 2. their love. Seneca the philosopher... condescends to flatter the imbecile Claudius. Sumner, Fame and Glory. 2. To produce self-complacency or a feeling of personal gratification in; please; charm: as, to feel flattered by approval. He was the most flatterable creature that ever was known. Roger North , Lord Guilford, I. 118. flatter-blind (flat'er-blind), v. t. [ flatter2 + blind .] To blind with flattery. [Rare.] If I do not gro ly flatter - blind myself. Nine tithes of times Face- flatterer and backbiter are the same. Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. flattere t (flat'er-es), n. [OF. flatere e , fem. of flateur , flatterer: see flat our , flatter, and IMG:content-1461.png:[ocr errors] flattery flataria ), Would I had never trod this English earth, Or felt the flatteries that grow upon it! Ye have angels' faces, but Heaven knows your hearts. Shak ., Hen. VIII., iii. 1. Some praises proceed merely of flattery ; and if it be an ordinary flatterer, he will have certain common attributes, which may serve every man; if he be a cunning flatterer, he will follow the arch-flatterer, which is a man's self. Bacon , Praise (ed. 1887). =Syn. Compliment, Adulation, Flattery, etc. (see adula tion ); sycophaney, fawning, blandishment.