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Look up: flag

  1. flag
    [n] - a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device 2. [n] - stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones 3. [n] - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design 4. [n] - a conspicuously marked or shaped tail 5. [v] - decorate with flags, as of buildings 6. [v] - communicate or signal with a flag 7. [v] - provide with a flag
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. flag
    n. 1. a piece of cloth, rope or nylon strand used to mark the wireline when swabbing or bailing. 2. an indicator of wind direction used during drilling or workover operations where hydrogen Sulphide (sour) gas may be encountered.
    Found on http://www.workover.co.uk/og/f.htm

  3. flag
    v. 1. to signal or attract attention. 2. in swabbing or bailing, to attach a piece of cloth to the wireline to enable the operator to estimate the position of the swab or bailer in the well.
    Found on http://www.workover.co.uk/og/f.htm

  4. Flag
    A pattern seen on a chart of a futures price. If a price rises (or falls) sharply and then iterates... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/flag.htm?id=12762&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of flag'>more</a>
    Found on http://www.finance-glossary.com/pages/ho

  5. Flag
    A variable which can take one of only two values.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  6. flag
    Piece of cloth used as an emblem or symbol for nationalistic, religious, or military displays, or as a means of signalling. Flags originated from the representations of animals and other objects...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  7. Flag
    A piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.; ensign; standard; banner; pennant. - from Infoplease.com
    Found on http://pvcbanners.co.uk/world-flags/allf

  8. Flag
    The designed title of a newspaper as it appears at the top of page one.
    Found on http://www.britishprint.com/tw/glossary.

  9. Flag
    Any of various types of indicators used for identification of a condition or event; for example, a character that signals the termination of a transmission.
    Found on http://www.flowmeterdirectory.com/flowme

  10. flag
    1. (programming) A variable or quantity that can take on one of two values; a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one of two outcomes or is used to control which of two things is to be done. 'This flag controls whether to clear the screen before printing the message.' 'The program status word contains several flag bits.' See also hidd...
    Found on

  11. flag
    American term for the leading illustration on the first page of a daily paper Category: Printing and publishing • A piece of bunting or similar material of various shapes and colors displayed from a staff or halyard to indicate nationality or to make visual signals. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a symbol or symbols that indicate t...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  12. Flag
    Flag (flăg) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flagged ; present participle & verbal noun Flagging .] [ Confer Icelandic flaka to droop, hang loosely. Confer Flacker , Flag an ensign.] 1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. � ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  13. Flag
    Flag (flăg) transitive verb 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  14. Flag
    Flag noun [ Confer LG. & German flagge , Swedish flagg , Danish flag , Dutch 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 b ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  15. Flag
    Flag transitive verb [ From Flag an ensign.] 1. To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train. 2. To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  16. Flag
    Flag noun [ From Flag to hang loose, to bend down.] (Botany) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus . Cooper's flag , the cat-tail ( Typha latifolia ), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. -- Corn flag . See under 2d < ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  17. Flag
    Flag transitive verb To furnish or deck out with flags.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  18. Flag
    Flag noun [ Icelandic flaga , confer Icelandic flag spot where a turf has been cut out, and English flake layer, scale. Confer Floe .] 1. A flat stone used for paving. Woodward. 2. (Geol.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  19. Flag
    Flag transitive verb To lay with flags of flat stones. « The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble.» Sandys.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  20. Flag
    Flag noun (Zoology) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag feather .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  21. Flag
    Flag transitive verb To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity. « The antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag T. Roosevelt.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/37

  22. flag
    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 colours; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag. ... 3. <zoology> A group ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  23. flag
    signal flag noun a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  24. flag
    noun a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  25. flag
    noun emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?


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22 November 2009

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On Friday, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas. At his death, the 35th president was 46 years old and had served less than three years in office. Despite this intimate experience of events surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy, the nation failed to achieve closure. Oswald never confessed, and the facts of the case remain mysterious. The Warren Commission's conclusion Oswald acted alone failed to satisfy the public. In 1976, the House of Representatives' Select Committee on Assassinations reopened investigation of the murder. The Committee reported that Lee Harvey Oswald probably was part of a conspiracy that may have involved organized crime. read more

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