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. An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities with Anam, 1873-85. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. conflagrans, p. pr. of conflagrare; con- + flagrare to blaze. See Flagrant. ] Burning together in a common flame. [ R. ] “The conflagrant mass.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conflagratio: cf. F. conflagration. ] A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The state or quality of being deflagrable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ready deflagrability . . . of saltpeter. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Deflagrate. ] (Chem.) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Deflagrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deflagrating. ] [ L. deflagratus, p. p. of deflagrare to burn up; de- + flagrare to flame, burn. ] (Chem.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Chem.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deflagratio: cf. F. déflagration. ] 1. A burning up; conflagration. “Innumerable deluges and deflagrations.” Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) The act or process of deflagrating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. and order of plankton, in some classifications it is considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others it is included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta. Its members usually have two flagella, one of which extends from its center.
Syn. -- order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a member of the Dinoflagellata, chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella. The dinoflagellates form a chief constituent of plankton. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. efflagitatus, p. p. of efflagitare. ] To ask urgently. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Flagged p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging ] [ Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an ensign. ] 1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. [ 1913 Webster ]

As loose it [ the sail ] flagged around the mast. T. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the strength flags. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pleasures of the town begin to flag. Swift.

Syn. -- To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings. prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing so flags the spirits. Echard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See Flag to hang loose. ] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc. (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks. (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag feather. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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 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 stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved. --
National flag, a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned. --
Red flag, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists. --
To dip, the flag, to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; -- done as a mark of respect. --
To hang out the white flag, to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag. --
To hang the flag half-mast high or
To hang the flag half-staff or
To hang the flag at half-staff, to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning. --
To strike the flag or
To lower the flag, to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender. --
Yellow flag, the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ From Flag an ensign. ] 1. To signal to with a flag or by waving the hand; as, to flag a train; also used with down; as, to flag down a cab. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.

The antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag. T. Roosevelt. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Flag to hang loose, to bend down. ] (Bot.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cooper's flag, the cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. --
Corn flag. See under 2d Corn. --
Flag broom, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. --
Flag root, the root of the sweet flag. --
Sweet flag. See Calamus, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish or deck out with flags. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. flaga, cf. Icel. flag spot where a turf has been cut out, and E. flake layer, scale. Cf. Floe. ] 1. A flat stone used for paving. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lay with flags of flat stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. flagellans, p. p. of flagellare: cf.F. flagellant. See Flagellate. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr.L. flagellatus, p. p. See Flagellate, v. t. ] (Zool.) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Flagelliform. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having a flagellum or flagella. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flagellated p. pr. & vb. n. Flagellating ] [ L. flagellatus, p. p. of flagellare to scoure, fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum whip, scoure; cf. fligere to strike. Cf. Flall. ] To whip; to scourge; to flog. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. resembling a flagellum or flagella.
Syn. -- flagellate{ 1 }. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having a flagellum or flagella.
Syn. -- flagellate{ 3 }. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. flagellatio: cf. F. flagellation. ] A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flagellum a whip + -form. ] Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. E. Flagellums L. Flagella [ L., a whip. See Flagellate, v. t. ] 1. (Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata. (b) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail. (c) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennæ and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. flageolet, dim. of OF. flaj&unr_;l (as if fr. a LL. flautio;us), of flaüte, flahute, F. fl&unr_;te. See Flute. ] (Mus.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flageolet tones (Mus.), the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. -- Flag"ging*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. 1. Weak; flexible; limber. “Flaggy wings.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From 5th Flag. ] Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. flagitatus, p. p. of flagitare to demand. See Flagitious. ] To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion. [ Archaic ] Carcyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. flagitatio. ] Importunity; urgent demand. [ Archaic ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant. ] 1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Debauched principles and flagitious practices. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times. Pope.

Syn. -- Atrocious; villainous; flagrant; heinous; corrupt; profligate; abandoned. See Atrocious.

-- Fla*gi"tious*ly, adv. -- Fla*gi"tious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sentence so flagitiously unjust. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Flagmen One who makes signals with a flag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. flacon, for flascon, fr. OF. flasche, from LL. flasco. See Flask. ] A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pole used to display a flag. [ PJC ]

n. A person who sits for an extended period of time on top of a flagpole or other high column; -- a publicity stunt performed for various reasons. [ PJC ]

He [ Shipwreck Kelly ] was the great flagpole sitter of the thirties, the founding father of the whole discipline, who provided inspiration for many and even the pseudonym for one -- Van Nolan, who also called himself Shipwreck. Any serious polesitter believes himself an avatar of Shipwreck Kelly, and I was then and am now no exception. From: John A. Gould, Aerie (Berkshire Review, Volume XI, Number 1, Spring, 1975).

The two other holy men in Gregory's narrative had more exotic origins than the pair that has just been seen. Gregory encountered one of them when on a journey to the north-eastern parts of the Frankish kingdom. This was a Lombard, named Vulfolaic, who had spent some years in the arduous exercise of being a stylite, the Christian equivalent of a flagpole sitter; in other words, Vulfolaic was a monk whose main austerity consisted in living on top of a pillar. By carrying out this feat in the rain, snow, and frost of the Moselle valley, Vulfolaic had convinced the local population to overthrow and abandon the idol of Diana to which they were addicted. Walter Goffart, FOREIGNERS IN THE HISTORIES OF GREGORY OF TOURS (https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/flor/article/download/15346/20501).

n. Flagrancy. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Flagrancies [ L. flagrantia a burning. See Flagrant. ] 1. A burning; great heat; inflammation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flagrans, -antis, p. pr. of flagrate to burn, akin to Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. flagrant. Cf. Flame, Phlox. ] 1. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent. [ 1913 Webster ]

The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging. [ 1913 Webster ]

A war the most powerful of the native tribes was flagrant. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked.

Syn. -- Atrocious; flagitious; glaring. See Atrocious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flagrant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. flagrare, flagratum, v.i. & t., to burn. ] To burn. [ Obs. ] Greenhill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A conflagration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]