flair3, flaire (flar)

[OF. flair, a sort of fish. Cf. fire flare.] 1. The skate, Raia bat is. [Scotch (Aberdeen).] -2. Same as fiery - flare. flakel (flāk), n. [ The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm Job xli. 23. IMG:content-1422.png:[blocks in formation] Of flagrant felons, with his floggings sore. Crabbe, Works, IV. 106. Has he no reproof, no word of censure, for such a fla grant violation of the law? D. Webster , Speech, Senate, June 27, 1834. [Now obsolete or rare in all senses but the last.] =Syn. 4. Wicked, Heinous, etc. See atrocious. flagrante bello (fla-gran'tē bel'ō). [L., lit. the war being flagrant, that is, raging: fla grante, abl. (agreeing with the noun) of flagran(t-) s, flagrant (see flagrant, 3); bello, abl. abs. of bellum, war: see bellicose.] While the war is (or was) raging; during hostilities. flagrante delicto (fla-gran'tē dē-lik'tō). [L., lit. the crime being flagrant, that is, actually in performance: flagrante, abl. (agreeing with the noun) of flagran ( t- ) s, flagrant (see flagrant, 3); delicto, abl. abs. of delictum, crime: see delict.] While the crime is (or was) being committed; while the crime is (or was) in the very performance: as, he was apprehended flagrante flagrantly (flagrant-li), adv. In a flagrant manner; glaringly; notoriously. delicto. The mysteries of Bacchus were well chosen for an example of corrupted rites, and of the mischiefs they produced; for they were early and flagrantly corrupted. War burton, Divine Legation, ii. 4. flagrantne (flā'grant-nes), n. Flagrancy. Bailey , 1727. flagratet (fla'grāt), v. t. [L. flag ratus, pp. of flag rare (> It. flag rare = Sp. flagrar ), burn: see flagrant.] To burn.