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The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution. Burke.

A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; -- called also sillimanite, and bucholizite.

A white crystallized mineral resin from the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria.

Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty. Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger. Macaulay. The best security for the fidelity of men is to make interest coincide with duty. A. Hamilton.

The quality of being figurable. Johnson.

The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement. Baxter.

The quality of being finical; finicalness.

Quality of being fissile.

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

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.

ty 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.

The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon. Swift.

To scold; to quarrel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting; wrangling. [Obs. or Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.] Lowell.

A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.

A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees. McElrath.

Unsteadiness; levity; lightness. [Obs.] Bp. Hopkins.

rom one habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to move away. Jeffrey.

Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.]