Flemer Flem"er noun One who, or that which, banishes or expels. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Fleming Flem"ing noun A native or inhabitant of Flanders.

Flemish Flem"ish adjective Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. -- noun The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders.

Flemish accounts (Nautical) , short or deficient accounts. [ Humorous] Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Flemish beauty (Botany) , a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side. -- Flemish bond . (Architecture) See Bond , noun , 8. -- Flemish brick , a hard yellow paving brick. -- Flemish coil , a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other. -- Flemish eye (Nautical) , an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other. -- Flemish horse (Nautical) , an additional footrope at the end of a yard.

Flench Flench transitive verb Same as Flence .

Flense Flense transitive verb [ Confer Danish flense , Dutch vlensen , vlenzen , Scot. flinch .] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.

the flensed carcass of a fur seal.

U. S. Census (1880).

Flesh Flesh noun [ Middle English flesch , flesc , Anglo-Saxon fl...sc ; akin to OFries. flāsk , Dutch vleesch , Old Saxon fl...sk , Old High German fleisc , German fleisch , Icelandic & Danish flesk lard, bacon, pork, Swedish fläsk .] 1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.

» In composition it is mainly albuminous, but contains in adition a large number of crystalline bodies, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in phosphate of potash.

2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish .

With roasted flesh , or milk, and wastel bread.

Chaucer.

3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.

As if this flesh , which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable.

Shak.

4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.

All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Gen. vi. 12.

5. Human nature : (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.

There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.

Cowper.

(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences.

6. Kindred; stock; race.

He is our brother and our flesh .

Gen. xxxvii. 27.

7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.

» Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh -broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush ; flesh tint or flesh -tint; flesh wound.

After the flesh , after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh ." John viii. 15. -- An arm of flesh , human strength or aid. -- Flesh and blood . See under Blood . -- Flesh broth , broth made by boiling flesh in water. -- Flesh fly (Zoology) , one of several species of flies whose larvæ or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also meat fly , carrion fly , and blowfly . See Blowly . -- Flesh meat , animal food. Swift. -- Flesh side , the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; -- opposed to grain side . -- Flesh tint (Painting) , a color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body. -- Flesh worm (Zoology) , any insect larva of a flesh fly. See Flesh fly (above). -- Proud flesh . See under Proud . -- To be one flesh , to be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. Gen. ii. 24.

Flesh Flesh transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fleshed ; present participle & verbal noun Fleshing .] 1. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time.

Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword.

Shak.

The wild dog
Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent.

Shak.

2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. " Fleshed in triumphs." Glanvill.

Old soldiers
Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France.

Beau. & Fl.

3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides.

Fleshed Fleshed adjective 1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh.

2. Glutted; satiated; initiated.

Fleshed with slaughter.

Dryden.

Flesher Flesh"er noun 1. A butcher.

A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down.

Macaulay.

2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.

Fleshhood Flesh"hood noun The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation. [ R.]

Thou, who hast thyself
Endured this fleshhood .

Mrs. Browning.

Fleshiness Flesh"i·ness noun The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton.

Fleshings Flesh"ings noun plural Flesh- colored tights, worn by actors and dancers. D. Jerrold.

Fleshless Flesh"less adjective Destitute of flesh; lean. Carlyle.

Fleshliness Flesh"li·ness noun The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites. Spenser.

Fleshling Flesh"ling noun A person devoted to fleshly things. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Fleshly Flesh"ly (-lȳ) adjective [ Anglo-Saxon flǣsclīc .] 1. Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. " Fleshly bondage." Denham.

2. Animal; not vegetable. Dryden.

3. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. " Fleshly wisdom." 2 Cor. i. 12.

Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm
And fragile arms.

Milton.

4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious.

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

1 Pet. ii. 11.

Fleshly Flesh"ly adverb In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Fleshment Flesh"ment noun The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. [ R.] Shak.

Fleshmonger Flesh"mon`ger noun [ Anglo-Saxon flǣsc mangere .] One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander. [ R.] Shak.

Fleshpot Flesh"pot` noun A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked ; hence ( plural ), plenty; high living.

In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots , and . . . did eat bread to the full.

Ex. xvi. 3.

Fleshquake Flesh"quake` noun A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Fleshy Flesh"y adjective [ Compar. Fleshier ; superl. Fleshiest .] 1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross.

The sole of his foot is fleshy.

Ray.

2. Human. [ Obsolete] " Fleshy tabernacle." Milton.

3. (Botany) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.

Flet Flet past participle of Fleet . Skimmed. [ Obsolete]

Fletch Fletch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fletched ; present participle & verbal noun Fletching .] [ French flèche arrow.] To feather, as an arrow. Bp. Warburton.

[ Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding: "America loved his brother."

Bancroft.

Fletcher Fletch"er noun [ Old French flechier .] One who fletches or feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows. [ Obsolete] Mortimer.

Flete Flete intransitive verb [ See Fleet , intransitive verb ] To float; to swim. [ Obsolete] "Whether I sink or flete ." Chaucer.

Fletiferous Fle·tif"er·ous adjective [ Latin fletifer ; fletus a weeping (from flere , fletum , to weep) + ferre to bear.] Producing tears. [ Obsolete] Blount.

Fleur-de-lis Fleur`-de-lis` noun ; plural Fleurs-de-lis . [ French, flower of the lily. Confer Flower-de-luce , Lily .] 1. (Botany) The iris. See Flower-de-luce .

2. A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France.

Fleuron Fleu`ron" noun [ French, from Old French floron . Confer Floroon .] A flower-shaped ornament, esp. one terminating an object or forming one of a series, as a knob of a cover to a dish, or a flower-shaped part in a necklace.

Fleury Fleur"y adjective [ French fleuri covered with flowers, past participle of fleurir . See Flourish .] (Her.) Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis; -- said esp. of a cross so decorated.

Flew Flew imperfect of Fly .

Flewed Flewed adjective Having large flews. Shak.

Flews Flews noun plural The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps . See Illust. of Bloodhound .

Flex Flex transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flexed ; present participle & verbal noun Flexing .] [ Latin flexus , past participle of flectere to bend, perhaps flectere and akin to falx sickle, English falchion . Confer Flinch .] To bend; as, to flex the arm.

Flex Flex noun Flax. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Flexanimous Flex·an"i·mous adjective [ Latin flexanimus ; flectere , flexum , to bend + animus mind.] Having power to change the mind. [ Obsolete] Howell.

Flexibility Flex`i·bil"i·ty noun [ Latin flexibilitas : confer French flexibilite .] The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light. Sir I. Newton.

All the flexibility of a veteran courtier.

Macaulay.

Flexible Flex"i·ble adjective [ Latin flexibilis : confer French flexible .] 1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

When the splitting wind
Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks.

Shak.

2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.

Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people.

Bacon.

Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible .

Shak.

3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.

This was a principle more flexible to their purpose.

Rogers.

Syn. -- Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile; obsequious; inconstant; wavering.

-- Flex"i*ble*ness , noun -- Flex"i*bly , adverb

Flexicostate Flex`i·cos"tate adjective [ Latin flexus bent + English costate .] (Anat.) Having bent or curved ribs.

Flexile Flex"ile adjective [ Latin flexilis .] Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable. Wordsworth.

Flexion Flex"ion noun [ Latin flexio : confer French flexion .] 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

2. A bending; a part bent; a fold. Bacon.

3. (Gram.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.

Express the syntactical relations by flexion .

Sir W. Hamilton.

4. (Physiol.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension .

Flexor Flex"or noun [ New Latin ] (Anat.) A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor .

Flexuose Flex"u·ose` adjective Flexuous.

Flexuous Flex"u·ous adjective [ Latin flexuosus , from flexus a bending, turning.] 1. Having turns, windings, or flexures.

2. (Botany) Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.

3. Wavering; not steady; flickering. Bacon.

Flexural Flex"u·ral adjective [ From Flexure .] Of, pertaining to, or resulting from, flexure; of the nature of, or characterized by, flexure; as, flexural elasticity.

Flexure Flex"ure noun [ Latin flexura .] 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

Will it give place to flexure and low bending?

Shak.

2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.

Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered.

British Quart. Rev.

3. (Zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.

4. (Astron.) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.

The flexure of a curve (Math.) , the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line.

Flibbergib Flib"ber·gib noun A sycophant. [ Obsolete & Humorous.] "Flatterers and flibbergibs ." Latimer.

Flibbertigibbet Flib"ber·ti·gib`bet noun An imperfect Shak.

Flibustier Fli`bus`tier" noun [ French] A buccaneer; an American pirate. See Filibuster . [ Obsolete]

Flick Flick (flĭk) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Flicked (flĭkt); present participle & verbal noun Flicking .] [ Confer Flicker .] To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray.

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