Flaw (n.) A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.
Flaw (n.) A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.
Flaw (n.) A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
Flawed (imp. & p. p.) of Flaw
Flawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flaw
Flaw (v. t.) To crack; to make flaws in.
Flaw (v. t.) To break; to violate; to make of no effect.
Flawless (a.) Free from flaws.
Flawn (n.) A sort of flat custard or pie.
Flawter (v. t.) To scrape o/ pare, as a skin.
Flawy (a.) Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty.
Flawy (a.) Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.
Flax (n.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed.
Flax (n.) The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
Flaxen (a.) Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair.
Flax-plant (n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.
Flaxseed (n.) The seed of the flax; linseed.
Flaxweed (n.) See Toadflax.
Flaxy (a.) Like flax; flaxen.
Flayed (imp. & p. p.) of Flay
Flaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flay
Flay (v. t.) To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.
Flayer (n.) One who strips off the skin.
Flea (v. t.) To flay.
Flea (n.) An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix.
Fleabane (n.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.
Flea-beetle (n.) A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.
Flea-bite (n.) The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.
Flea-bite (n.) A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea.
Flea-bitten (a.) Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.
Flea-bitten (a.) White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; -- said of the color of a horse.
Fleagh () imp. of Fly.
Fleak (n.) A flake; a thread or twist.
Fleaking (n.) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses.
Flea-louse (n.) A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri.
Fleam (n.) A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet.
Fleamy (a.) Bloody; clotted.
Flear (v. t. & i.) See Fleer.
Fleawort (n.) An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds.
Fleche (n.) A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge.
Fleck (n.) A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.
Fleck (n.) A spot; a streak; a speckle.
Flecked (imp. & p. p.) of Fleck
Flecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleck
Fleck (n.) To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
Flecker (v. t.) To fleck.
Fleckless (a.) Without spot or blame.
Flection (n.) The act of bending, or state of being bent.
Flection (n.) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Flectional (a.) Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.
Flector (n.) A flexor.
Fled () imp. & p. p. of Flee.
Fledge (v. i.) Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
Fledged (imp. & p. p.) of Fledge
Fledging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fledge
Fledge (v. t. & i.) To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.
Fledge (v. t. & i.) To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.
Fledgeling (n.) A young bird just fledged.
Fled (imp. & p. p.) of Flee
Fleeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flee
Flee (v. i.) To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.
Fleece (n.) The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.
Fleece (n.) Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
Fleece (n.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
Fleeced (imp. & p. p.) of Fleece
Fleecing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleece
Fleece (v. t.) To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
Fleece (v. t.) To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.
Fleece (v. t.) To spread over as with wool.
Fleeced (a.) Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced.
Fleeced (a.) Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed.
Fleeceless (a.) Without a fleece.
Fleecer (n.) One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund.
Fleecy (a.) Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece.
Fleen (n. pl.) Obs. pl. of Flea.
Fleer (n.) One who flees.
Fleered (imp. & p. p.) of Fleer
Fleering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleer
Fleer () To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout.
Fleer () To grin with an air of civility; to leer.
Fleer (v. t.) To mock; to flout at.
Flear (n.) A word or look of derision or mockery.
Flear (n.) A grin of civility; a leer.
Fleerer (n.) One who fleers.
Fleeringly (adv.) In a fleering manner.
Fleeted (imp. & p. p.) of Fleet
Fleeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleet
Fleet (n. & a.) To sail; to float.
Fleet (n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.
Fleet (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
Fleet (v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.
Fleet (v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.
Fleet (v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.
Fleet (v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
Fleet (v. i.) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.
Fleet (v. i.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
Fleet (v. i.) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
Fleet (v. i.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.
Fleet (v. i.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
Fleet (v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim.