Part 4346

<h1>Flabbiness</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Flab"bi*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality or state of being flabby.</def>

<h1>Flabby</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Flab"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Flap</er>.]</ety> <def>Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; <as>as, <ex>flabby</ex> flesh</as>.</def>

<h1>Flabel</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fla"bel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flabellum</ets> a fan, dim. of <ets>flabrum</ets> a breeze, fr. <ets>flare</ets> to blow.]</ety> <def>A fan.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Huloet.</i>

<h1>Flabellate</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fla*bel"late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flabellatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>flabellare</ets> to fan, fr. <ets>flabellum</ets>. See <er>Flabbel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Flabelliform.</def>

<h1>Flabellation</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Flab`el*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Flabelliform</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fla*bel"li*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flabellum</ets> a fan + <ets>-fform</ets>: cf. F. <ets>flabeliforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.</def>

<h1>Flabellinerved</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fla*bel"li*nerved`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flabellum</ets> a fan + E. <ets>nerve</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf.</def>

<h1>Flabellum</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fla*bel"lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>See</ets> <er>Flabel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<h1>Flabile</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Flab"ile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flabilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Liable to be blown about.</def>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Flaccid</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Flac"cid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flaccidus</ets>, fr. <ets>flaccus</ets> flabby: cf. OF. <ets>flaccide</ets>.]</ety> <def>Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; <as>as, a <ex>flaccid</ex> muscle; <ex>flaccid</ex> flesh.</as></def>

<blockquote>Religious profession . . . has become <b>flacced</b>. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Flac"cid*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Flac"cid*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Flaccidity</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Flac*cid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>flaccidit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being flaccid.</def>