filamin1cal

[Lat. flamen (gen it. flam in is ).] Of or pertaining to a flamen. *flăm-ma-bil-I-ty, s. [Eng. flammable; -ity.] The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability. *flăm-ma-ble, a. [ Lat.flammabilis , from flam mo to set on fire; flamm a =a flame.] Capable of being set on fire or kindled into flame; inflam *flăm-mā-tion, s. [Lat. flammatio , from flam mat us , pa. par. of flammo set on fire.] The act of setting on fire, or kindling into flame; the state of being set on fire. *flăm-me-ous, a . [Lat. flammeus , from flamm a =a flame.] Pertaining to, resembling, or consist ing of flame. flăm-mif-er-oŭs, a . [Lat. flammifer =bearing flame or fire; flamm a =flame, and fero =to bear.] Bringing or producing flame or fire. flăm-miv-o-mous, a . [Lat. flammivomus , from flamm a flame, and vomoto vomit.] Vomiting out flame or fire. ( Thompson : Sickne , bk. iii.) flām-ỹ, a. & 8. [Eng. flam (e); -y.] A. As adjective: 1. Burning, blazing; pertaining to or consisting of flame or fire. 2. Having the nature of flame. "The vital spirits of living creatures are a substance compounded of an airy and flamy matter."-Bacon: Nat. Hist . , § 20. IMG:content-1712.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A sudden gust of wind; a storm, a tempest. 2. Smoke driven down the chimney by a gust of wind. *flăn (2), *flon, s. [A. S. flán; Icel. fleinn.] An arrow. ( Hali Meidenhad , p. 15.) flăn (1), v. i. [FLAN (1), 8.] To come or blow in gusts. flăn (2), v. t. [Etym. doubtful.] Arch .: To splay or bevel internally; as a windowpane. *flăn (3), v . t . [A. S. fleán.] Toflay. *flăn-card, s . [FLANKARD.] flănch, s . [A softened form of flank (q. v.).] *1. Ord. Lang.: A flange (q. v.). IMG:content-1713.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small] IMG:content-1714.png:[graphic] flanching-out, s. Ship build.: Bellying out. flăn-con-āde, flăn-con-nāde, s. [Fr.] Fencing: A thrust in the flank or side. Flan'-dērş, a . & s. [Fr. Flandre . A district of the Netherlands, at present represented by the provinces of East and West Flanders in Belgium, whence carriage and cavalry horses were formerly exported in great numbers to other European countries.] A. As adj.: Belonging to, connected with, or imported from Flanders. "The lord-lieutenant of the country alone pretended to the magnificence of a carriage, in shape like the vulgar pictures of Noah's ark, drawn by eight long-tailed Flan ders mares." -Scott: Old Mortality , ch. ii. B. As substantive: (1) The country described in the etymology. (2) A horse imported from Flanders. "Does he keep his chariot and berlin, with six flowing Flanders ?"-Cibber: Nonjuror, ii. 2. Flăn-dri-anş, s . pl . [Named from the country of Flanders, in which the sect flourished.] Ch. Hist .: A subdivision of the Men no nite Anabaptist sect. They arose in the sixteenth century, and were rigid in their procedure. In A. D. 1630 the flaneur majority of them entered into a union, confirmed in 1649, with their more moderate brethren, who were often called Water landers. Those who remained separate were not numerous enough to excite much notice, subsequently. The Flandrians were called also Flemings (g.v.). ( Mosheim .) fla-neur, s. [French, from flâner =to lounge or saunter about.] A lounger.