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n. (Naut.) A gust of wind and rain. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. bully, n. & v., and rag to scold, rail. Cf. Ballarag. ] To intimidate by bullying; to rally contemptuously; to badger. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers.
Syn. -- genus Callirhoe. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Delirate. ] Delirium. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deliramentum, fr. delirare. See Delirium. ] A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy. [ Obs. ] Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Delirium. [ Obs. ] Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. delirans, - antis, p. pr. of delirare. See Delirium. ] Delirious. [ Obs. ] Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. deliratus, p. p. of delirare. See Delirium. ] To madden; to rave. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An infatuating and delirating spirit in it. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deliratio. ] Aberration of mind; delirium. J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deliration or alienation of the understanding. Mede. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Delirium. ] (Med.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Delirium + L. faciens, -entis, p. pr. of facere to make. ] (Med.) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium. -- n. Any substance which tends to cause delirium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Delirium. ] Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. -- De*lir"i*ous*ly, adv. -- De*lir"i*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. delirare to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; de- + lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G. geleise track, rut, and E. last to endure. ] 1. (Med.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The popular delirium [ of the French Revolution ] at first caught his enthusiastic mind. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

The delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament). Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delirium tremens [ L., trembling delirium ] (Med.), a violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of intoxicating liquors. --
Traumatic delirium (Med.), a variety of delirium following injury.

Syn. -- Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; lunacy; fury. See Insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flirting. ] [ Cf. AS. fleard trifle, folly, fleardian to trifle. ] 1. To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Several little flirts and vibrations. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

With many a flirt and flutter. E. A. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. LG. flirtje, G. flirtchen. See Flirt, v. t. ] One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pert; wanton. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Playing at courtship; coquetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flirtations and jealousies of our ball rooms. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

You heard him take me up like a flirt-gill. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wanton, pert girl. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flirting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., dormice. ] (Zool.) An order of mammals; the Rodentia. -- Gli"rine a. [1913 Webster]

n. A natural family of rodents including the dormice and other Old World forms.
Syn. -- family Gliridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Hydro-, 2 + bilirubin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lamella + rostral : cf. F. lamellirostre. ] (Zool.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Lamella, and Rostrum. ] (Zool.) A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Lire [ It., fr. L. libra the Roman pound. Cf. Livre. ] An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. of L. lira a furrow. ] (Bot.) A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lirella + -form. ] (Bot.) Like a lirella. [ Written also lirellæform. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Liriodendra [ NL., fr. Gr. lei`rion lily + de`ndron tree. ] (Bot.) A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Liripoop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. liripipion, liripion, LL. liripipium. Said to be corrupted from L. cleri ephippium, lit., the clergy's caparison. ] 1. A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem. [ Obs. ] Stanihurst. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A silly person. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A liripoop, vel lerripoop, a silly, empty creature; an old dotard. Milles. MS. Devon Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. leiro`s pale + koni`a powder. ] (Min.) A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Saligenin + Gr. &unr_; resin. ] (Chem.) A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on saligenin. [ 1913 Webster ]