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; to flap the wings without flying. And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden.

that flings the dice: and, as she flings, Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings. Dryden. He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. Dryden. I know thy generous temper well. Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire. Addison.

To flutter; to rove on the wing. Dryden.

seems on ground. Milton. Three blustering nights, borne by the southern blast, I floated. Dryden.

of the latter. -- Floating dam. (a) An anchored dam. (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock. -- Floating derrick, a derrick on a float for river and harbor use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor improvements, etc. -- Floating dock. (Naut.) See under Dock. -- Floating harbor, a breakwater of cages or…

To gather in companies or crowds. Friends daily flock. Dryden. Flocking fowl (Zoöl.), the greater scaup duck.

of wordas, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit. He lards with flourishes his long harangue. Dryden.

smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily. Virgil is sweet and flowingin his hexameters. Dryden.

To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid. Sleep flies the wretch. Dryden. To fly the favors of so good a king. Shak.

Covered with foam; frothy; spumy. Behold how high the foamy billows ride! Dryden.

To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm.

practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog. [Obs.] Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee Dryden.

vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat. And by foiled. Dryden. Her long locks that foil the painter's power. Byron.

hey foin, they pass, they strive to bore Their corselets, and the thinnest parts explore. Dryden.

of, as of a course of thought or argument. He followed with his eyes the flitting shade. Dryden.

n a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors. Locke. But quench the choler you foment in vain. Dryden. Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion. Southey.

To caress; to fondle. [Obs.] The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast. Dryden.

Full of food; supplying food; fruitful; fertile. "The foodful earth." Dryden. Bent by its foodful burden [the corn]. Glover.

fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth. Is this a time for fooling Dryden.