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860 words match “NYS”

FLASH v.
the eye of the mind. M. Arnold. A thought floashed through me, which I clothed in act. Tennyson.
FLAW n.
w, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. Milton. Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. Tennyson.
FLECK n.
; a streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." Longfellow. Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson.
FLECKLESS a.
Without spot or blame. [R.] My consnience will not count me fleckless. Tennyson.
FLICKER v.
of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light. The shadows flicker to fro. Tennyson.
FLIPPANT n.
A flippant person. [R.] Tennyson.
FLIT v.
along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along. A shadow flits before me. Tennyson.
FLOCK n.
ion to the pastor, or minister in charge. As half amazed, half frighted all his flock. Tennyson.
FLOURISH v.
. We say Of those that held their heads above the crowd, They flourished then or then. Tennyson.
FLOUT n.
A mock; an insult. Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. Tennyson.
FLOWER n.
of all Spain. Southey. A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms. Tennyson.
FLOWERAGE n.
State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general. Tennyson.
FLUCTUATE v.
o cause to move as a wave; to put in motion. [R.] And fluctuate all the still perfume. Tennyson.
FLUSH v. 2 definitions
used with blood. How faintly flushed. how phantom fair, Was Monte Rosa, hanging there! Tennyson.
FLUTE v.
note, like that of a flute. Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. Tennyson. The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee. Emerson.
FOLD n.
shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x. 16. The very whitest lamb in all my fold. Tennyson.
FORAY n.
s; a raid. Spenser. The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. Tennyson.
FORBEAR v.
ar. Shenstone. The King In open battle or the tilting field Forbore his own advantage. Tennyson.
FOREBODE v.
lamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. His heart forebodes a mystery. Tennyson. Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Cæsar's death. Middleton. I have a sort of foreboding about him. H. James.
FORESHORTEN v.
imagination. Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie Foreshortened in the tract of time. Tennyson.
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