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Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show. That he may live in figure and indulgence. Law.

Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin.

place it in the official custody of the clerk. To file, on the part of the clerk, is to indorse upon the paper the date of its reception, and retain it in his office, subject to inspection by whomsoever it may concern. Burrill.

Adorned with filigree. Tatler.

To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.

the fore and hind legs of the higher animals. -- Unpaired, or Median, fins (Zoöl.), the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins.

Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consumingviolence of temper. he had fire in his temper.Atterbury.

g the Indo-Pacific region. They are usually red, and have very large spinose pectoral and dorsal fins.

flag officer. -- Flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. -- Flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile. -- Flag share, the flag officer's share of prize money. -- Flag…

Smell; odor. [Obs.]

Ardor of affection; the passion of love. Coleridge.

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

To furnish or adorn with any soft covering. Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. Shak.

f a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France.

Having the head adorned with flowers. [R.]

To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish. [Obs.] Fenton.

To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.

The act of adorning with flowers.

Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage. As she a black silk cap on him began To set, for foil of his milk- white to serve. Sir P. Sidney. Hector has a foil to set him off. Broome.

To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. [R.] Drummond.