Part 4379

<hw>Flem"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, banishes or expels.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fleming</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Flem"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Flanders.</def>

<h1>Flemish</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Flem"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Flemish accounts</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>short or deficient accounts. <mark>[Humorous]</mark></cd><i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i> -- <col>Flemish beauty</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side.</cd> -- <col>Flemish bond</col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Bond</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 8.</cd> -- <col>Flemish brick</col>, <cd>a hard yellow paving brick.</cd> -- <col>Flemish coil</col>, <cd>a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other.</cd> -- <col>Flemish eye</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other.</cd> -- <col>Flemish horse</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>an additional footrope at the end of a yard.</cd></cs>

<h1>Flench</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Flench</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Flence</er>.</def>

<h1>Flense</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Flense</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Dan. <ets>flense</ets>, D. <ets>vlensen</ets>, <ets>vlenzen</ets>, Scot. <ets>flinch</ets>.]</ety> <def>To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.</def>

<blockquote>the <b>flensed</b> carcass of a fur seal. <i>U. S. Census (1880).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flesh</h1> <Xpage=569>

<hw>Flesh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>flesch</ets>, <ets>flesc</ets>, AS. <ets>fl<?/sc</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>fl\'besk</ets>, D. <ets>vleesch</ets>, OS. <ets>fl<?/sk</ets>, OHG. <ets>fleisc</ets>, G. <ets>fleisch</ets>, Icel. & Dan. <ets>flesk</ets> lard, bacon, pork, Sw. <ets>fl\'84sk</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.</def>

<note>&hand; In composition it is mainly albuminous<-- proteinaceous-->, but contains in adition a large number of crystalline bodies, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in phosphate of potash.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from <i>fish</i>.</def>

<blockquote>With roasted <b>flesh</b>, or milk, and wastel bread. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.</def>

<blockquote>As if this <b>flesh</b>, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The human eace; mankind; humanity.</def>

<blockquote>All <b>flesh</b> had corrupted his way upon the earth. <i>Gen. vi. 12.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Human nature</def>: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.</def>

<blockquote>There is no <b>flesh</b> in man's obdurate heart. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences</def>.

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Kindred; stock; race.</def>

<blockquote>He is our brother and our <b>flesh</b>. <i>Gen. xxxvii. 27.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Flesh</i> is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, <i>flesh</i> broth or <i>flesh</i>-broth; <i>flesh</i> brush or <i>fleshbrush</i>; <i>flesh</i> tint or <i>flesh</i>-tint; <i>flesh</i> wound.</note>