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A variety of water-tube boiler, used chiefly in steam automobiles, consisting of a nest of strong tubes with very little water space, kept nearly red hot so that the water as it trickles drop by drop into the tubes is immediately flashed into steam and superheated.

Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

imp. of Fly.

Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly. Hfledge with wings. Milton.

To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. Milton.

imp. of Fly. Chaucer.

imp. of Fly.

To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden.

A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b).

The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. Like the night owl's lazy flight. Shak.

Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition. "Drowsy-flighted steeds." Milton.

To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along. A shadow flits before me. Tennyson.

A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.

sail. -- Floating battery (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the bombardment of a place. -- Floating bridge. (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau bridge. See Bateau. (b) (Mil.) A kind of…

Represented as flying or streaming in the air; as, a banner flotant.

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i. Chaucer.

imp. pl. of Fly, v. i. Chaucer.

fe, that is, youth. The choice and flower of all things profitable the Psalms do more briefly contain. Hooker. The flower of the chivalry of all Spain. Southey. A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms. Tennyson.

p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as, the birds are flown.

A kindof flyboat; a storeship. Armed en flûte ( (Nav.), partially armed.