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To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream. Thackeray.

A person beloved; a sweetheart. Thackeray.

e. To flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

ghtly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray.

Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy. "The carpets were fluffy." Thackeray. The present Barnacle . . . had a youthful aspect, and the fluffiest little whisker, perhaps, that ever was seen. Dickens. -- Fluff"i*ness, n.

a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism. Thackeray.

contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray.

by old. [Written also fogie and fogey.] [Colloq.] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy. Thackeray.

re." W. Collins. "How many captains in the regiment had two thousand pounds to the fore" Thackeray.

A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop. A pert fribble of a peer. Thackeray.

An armed policeman in France. Thackeray.

The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [R.] Thackeray.

to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl. Thackeray.

Moody; silent; sullen. I frighten people by my glun face. Thackeray.

ry examinations for a degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.] -- No go, a failure; a fiasco. [Slang] Thackeray. -- On the go, moving about; unsettled. [Colloq.]

phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense. The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. Thackeray,

ountenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. Addison. Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks. Thackeray. -- Gruff"ly, adv. -- Gruff"ness, n.

, Low; sneaking; ashamed. The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. Thackeray.

To linger in expectation or with desire. Thackeray.

brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc. Thackeray.