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<hw>Flack"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>flakeren</ets>, fr. <ets>flacken</ets> to move quickly to and fro; cf. icel. <ets>flakka</ets> to rove about, AS. <ets>flacor</ets> fluttering, flying, G. <ets>flackern</ets> to flare, flicker.]</ety> <def>To flutter, as a bird.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Grose.</i>

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<hw>Flack"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>flasquet</ets> little flask, dim. of <ets>flasque</ets> a flask.]</ety> <def>A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.</def>

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<hw>Flag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flagged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flagging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>flaka</ets> to droop, hang loosely. Cf. <er>Flacker</er>, <er>Flag</er> an ensign.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.</def>

<blockquote>As loose it [the sail] <b>flagged</b> around the mast. <i>T. Moore.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; <as>as, the spirits <ex>flag</ex>; the streugth <ex>flags</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>The pleasures of the town begin to <b>flag</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.</syn>

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<hw>Flag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; <as>as, to <ex>flag</ex> the wings</as>.</def>

<i>prior.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.</def>

<blockquote>Nothing so <b>flags</b> the spirits. <i>Echard.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Flag</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LG. & G. <ets>flagge</ets>, Sw. <ets>flagg</ets>, Dan. <ets>flag</ets>, D. <ets>vlag</ets>. See <er>Flag</er> to hang loose.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which flags or hangs down loosely.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, the national <ex>flag</ex>; a military or a naval <ex>flag</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.</def>

<cs><col>Black flag</col>. <cd>See under <er>Black</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Flag captain</col>, <col>Flag leutenant</col></mcol>, <cd>etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.</cd> -- <col>Flag officer</col>, <cd>the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore.</cd> -- <col>Flag of truse</col>, <cd>a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile.</cd> -- <col>Flag share</col>, <cd>the flag officer's share of prize money.</cd> -- <col>Flag station</col> <fld>(Railroad)</fld>, <cd>a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved.</cd> -- <col>National flag</col>, <cd>a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.</cd> -- <col>Red flag</col>, <cd>a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.</cd> -- <col>To dip, the flag</col>, <cd>to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; -- done as a mark of respect.</cd> -- <col>To hang out the white flag</col>, <cd>to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To hang the flag</col> <col>half-mast high &or; half-staff</col></mcol>, <cd>to raise it only half way to the mast <i>or<i> staff, as a token or sign of mourning.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To</col> <col>strike, &or; lower</col>, <col>the flag</col></mcol>, <cd>to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender.</cd> -- <col>Yellow flag</col>, <cd>the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Flag</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Flag</er> an ensign.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To signal to with a flag; <as>as, to <ex>flag</ex> a train</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; <as>as, to <ex>flag</ex> an order to troops or vessels at a distance</as>.</def>

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<hw>Flag</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Flag</er> to hang loose, to bend down.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera <spn>Iris</spn> and <spn>Acorus</spn>.</def>

<cs><col>Cooper's flag</col>, <cd>the cat-tail (<spn>Typha latifolia</spn>), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight.</cd> -- <col>Corn flag</col>. <cd>See under 2d <er>Corn</er>.</cd> -- <col>Flag broom</col>, <cd>a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes.</cd> -- <col>Flag root</col>, <cd>the root of the sweet flag.</cd> -- <col>Sweet flag</col>. <cd>See <er>Calamus</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</cd></cs>

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