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<hw>Fleck</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flecked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flecking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>flekka</ets>, Sw. <ets>fl\'84cka</ets>, D. <ets>vlekken</ets>, <ets>vlakken</ets>, G. <ets>flecken</ets>. See <er>Fleck</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.</def>

<blockquote>Both <b>flecked</b> with white, the true Arcadian strain. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A bird, a cloud, <b>flecking</b> the sunny air. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flecker</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleck"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To fleck.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Fleckless</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fleck"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without spot or blame.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>My consnience will not count me <b>fleckless</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flection</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Flec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Flexion</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of bending, or state of being bent.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.</def>

<h1>Flectional</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Flec"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>flectional</b> word is a phrase in the bud. <i>Earle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flector</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Flec"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A flexor.</def>

<h1>Fled</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Flee</er>.</def>

<h1>Fledge</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fledge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>flegge</ets>, <ets>flygge</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vlug</ets>, G. <ets>fl\'81gge</ets>, <ets>fl\'81cke</ets>, OHG. <ets>flucchi</ets>, Icel. <ets>fleygr</ets>, and to E. <ets>fly</ets>. <?/ 84. See <er>Fly</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.</def>

<blockquote>H<?/ shoulders, <b>fledge</b> with wings. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fledge</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Fledge</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fledged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fledging</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.</def>

<blockquote>The birds were not as yet <b>fledged</b> enough to shift for themselves. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.</def>

<blockquote>Your master, whose chin is not yet <b>fledged</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fledgeling</h1> <Xpage=569>