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f a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

A yellow crystalline substance extracted from fustet, and regarded as its essential coloring principle; -- called also fisetic acid.

cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years.

t 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 station (Railroad), a station at which trains do not s…

wing; burning; ardent. The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back. Prior. A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey. Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker.

Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color. Shak.

Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling. "In flaming yellow bright." Prior.

To beat with a flap; to strike. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. Pope.

A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline.

Turning yellow; yellowish.

Having yellow hair. [R.]

A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron.

A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained artificially.

A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.

Yellow. [Obs.]

sh with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight. The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. L'Estrange.

elocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. Milton.

d color on one side. -- Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8. -- Flemish brick, a hard yellow paving brick. -- Flemish coil, a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other. -- Flemish eye (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strand…

lden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. Thoureau.

ct of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure. Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. Matt. xxiv. 20. Fain by flight to save themselves. Shak.