Flabellation to Flame
Flabellation
(Flab`el*la"tion) n. The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some
other contrivance. Dunglison.
Flabelliform
(Fla*bel"li*form) a. [L. flabellum a fan + -form: cf. F. flabeliforme.] Having the form of a
fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.
Flabellinerved
(Fla*bel"li*nerved`) a. [L. flabellum a fan + E. nerve.] (Bot.) Having many nerves diverging
radiately from the base; — said of a leaf.
Flabellum
(||Fla*bel"lum) n. [L. See Flabel.] (Eccl.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope
on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley.
Flabile
(Flab"ile) a. [L. flabilis.] Liable to be blown about. Bailey.
Flaccid
(Flac"cid) a. [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.] Yielding to pressure for want of
firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh.
Religious profession . . . has become flacced.
I. Taylor. — Flac"cid*ly adv. — Flac"cid*ness, n.
Flaccidity
(Flac*cid"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. flaccidité.] The state of being flaccid.
Flacker
(Flack"er) v. i. [OE. flakeren, fr. flacken to move quickly to and fro; cf. icel. flakka to rove
about, AS. flacor fluttering, flying, G. flackern to flare, flicker.] To flutter, as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
Flacket
(Flack"et) n. [OF. flasquet little flask, dim. of flasque a flask.] A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.
Flag
(Flag) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flagged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging ] [Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang
loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an ensign.]
1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast.
T. Moore. 2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.
The pleasures of the town begin to flag.
Swift. Syn. — To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.
Flag
(Flag) v. t.
1. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings. prior.
2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.
Nothing so flags the spirits.
Echard. Flag
(Flag), n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See Flag to hang loose.]
1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.
2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give
or ask information; — commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an
ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
