2. Wind or gas generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body. Quincy.
Flatware
(Flat"ware`) n. Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished
from hollow ware.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Flatwise
(Flat"wise`) a. or adv. With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise.
Flatworm
(Flat"worm`) n. (Zoöl.) Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to
the planarians.
Flaundrish
(Flaun"drish) a. Flemish. [Obs.]
Flaunt
(Flaunt) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flaunted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Flaunting.] [Cf. dial. G. flandern to
flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter.] To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as,
a flaunting show.
You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
Arbuthnot.
One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade.
Pope. Flaunt
(Flaunt), v. t. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.
Flaunt
(Flaunt), n. Anything displayed for show. [Obs.]
In these my borrowed flaunts.
Shak. Flauntingly
(Flaunt"ing*ly), adv. In a flaunting way.
Flautist
(Flau"tist) n. [It. flauto a flute See Flute.] A player on the flute; a flutist.
Flauto
(||Flau"to) n. [It.] A flute.
Flaute piccolo [It., little flute], an octave flute. Flauto traverso [It., transverse flute], the German
flute, held laterally, instead of being played, like the old flûte à bec, with a mouth piece at the end.
Flavaniline
(Fla*van"i*line) n. [L. flavus yellow + E. aniline.] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline, organic
dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline
and quinoline.
Flavescent
(Fla*ves"cent) a. [L. flavescens, p. pr. of flavescere to turn yellow.] Turning yellow; yellowish.
Flavicomous
(Fla*vic"o*mous) a. [L. flavicomus; flavus yellow + coma hair.] Having yellow hair. [R.]
Flavin
(Fla"vin) n. [L. flavus yellow.] (Chem.) A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron.
Flavine
(Fla"vine) n. (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained artificially.
Flavol
(Fla"vol) n. [L. flavus yellow + -oil.] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from
anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.
Flavor
(Fla"vor) n. [OF. fleur, flaur odor, cf. F. fleurer to emit an odor, It. flatore a bad odor, prob. fr.
L. flare to bow, whence the sense of exhalation. Cf. Blow.] [Written also flavour.]
1. That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.
2. That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as,
the flavor of food or drink.