Part 4354

<h1>Flameless</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flame"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of flame.</def>

<i>Sandys.</i>

<h1>Flamelet</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flame"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Flame</ets> + <ets>-let</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small flame.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>flamelets</b> gleamed and flickered. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flamen</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Fla"men</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Flammens</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Flamines</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively <i>Flamen Dialis</i>, <i>Flamen Martialis</i>, and <i>Flamen Quirinalis</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flamineous</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Fla*min"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.</def>

<h1>Flaming</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flam"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling.</def> "In <i>flaming</i> yellow bright."

<i>Prior.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; <as>as, a <ex>flaming</ex> proclomation or harangue</as>.</def>

<h1>Flamingly</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flam"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a flaming manner.</def>

<h1>Flamingo</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Fla*min"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Flamingoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Sp. <ets>flamenco</ets>, cf. Pg. <ets>flamingo</ets>, Prov. <ets>flammant</ets>, F. <ets>flamant</ets>; prop. a p.pr. meaning <ets>flaming</ets>. So called in allusion to its color. See <er>Flame</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any bird of the genus <spn>Ph\'d2nicopterus</spn>. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is <spn>P. ruber</spn>; the European is <spn>P. antiquorum</spn>.</def>

<h1>Flaminical</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Fla*min"i*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a flamen.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Flammability</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flam`ma*bil"ity</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being flammable; inflammability.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Flammable</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flam"ma*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inflammable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>