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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company.

Proof against fire; incombustible.

The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials used in the process.

g a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number…

e fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000. Brande & C.

The name, title, or style, under which a company transacts business; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house; as, the firm of Hope & Co.

A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery.

The business or practice of catching fish; fishing. Addison.

The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter. Black flag. See under Black. -- Flag captain, Flag leutenant, etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the 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…

; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. [Obs.] A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. South.

To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze. The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again. Shak.

To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.

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

An Indian bustard (Otis aurita). The Bengal floriken is Sypheotides Bengalensis. [Written also florikan, floriken, florican.]

A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, or Cæsalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. Baird.

Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry. The racket and flurry of London. Blakw. Mag.

To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. South.

Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes. Busby.

A performer on the flute; a flautist. Busby.