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The quality of being flammable; inflammability. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of setting in a flame or blaze. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

d; as, the flap of a garment. A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx. Sir T. Browne.

ng a form of flesh; incarnation. [R.] Thou, who hast thyself Endured this fleshhood. Mrs. Browning.

Milton. I flung closer to his breast, As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath. Mrs. Browning. To fling out, to become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and insinuations.

A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.

up a cent. As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones. W. Browne.

To star Flushing from one spray unto another. W. Browne.

nitens), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. -- Fly wheel (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a v…

Like a leaf; thin; unsubstantial. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps. Sir T. Browne.

Wordsworth. For which the very mother's face forewent The mother's special patience. Mrs. Browning. Foregone conclusion, one which has preceded argument or examination; one predetermined.

n. Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. Mrs. Browning.

ough the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. W. Browne.

Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.

A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.

fright; affrighted; frightened. [Obs.] See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne.

gid; coldness; want of warmth. Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air. Sir T. Browne.

A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.