Part 4382

<hw>Flesh"pot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked</def>; hence <def2>(<pluf>pl.</pluf>), <def>plenty; high living.</def></def2>

<blockquote>In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the <b>fleshpots</b>, and . . . did eat bread to the full. <i>Ex. xvi. 3.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fleshquake</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flesh"quake`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Fleshy</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flesh"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Fleshier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Fleshiest</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross.</def>

<blockquote>The sole of his foot is fleshy. <i>Ray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Human.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Fleshy</i> tabernacle."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Composed of firm pulp; succulent; <as>as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are <ex>fleshy</ex> plants</as>.</def>

<h1>Flet</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <mord>of <er>Fleet</er></mord>. <def>Skimmed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Fletch</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Fletch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fletched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fletching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>fl\'8ache</ets> arrow.]</ety> <def>To feather, as an arrow.</def>

<i>Bp. Warburton.</i>

<blockquote>[Congress] <b>fletched</b> their complaint, by adding: "America loved his brother." <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fletcher</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Fletch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>flechier</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who fletches of feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Mortimer.</i>

<h1>Flete</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flete</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fleet</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>To float; to swim.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Whether I sink or <i>flete</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fletiferous</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Fle*tif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fletifer</ets>; <ets>fletus</ets> a weeping (from <ets>flere</ets>, <ets>fletum</ets>, to weep) + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>Producing tears.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Fleur-de-lis</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Fleur`-de-lis`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fleurs-de-lis</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F., flower of the lily. Cf. <er>Flower-de-luce</er>, <er>Lily</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The iris. See <er>Flower-de-luce</er>.</def>