Part 4389

<hw>Flinch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>One who flinches or fails.</def>

<h1>Flinchingly</h1> <Xpage=570>

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

<h1>Flindermouse</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flin"der*mouse`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[OE. <ets>vlindre</ets> moth (cf. D. <ets>vlinder</ets> butterfly) + E. <ets>mouse</ets>. Cf. <er>Flittermouse</er>, <er>Flinders</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bat; a flittermouse.</def>

<h1>Flinders</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Flin"ders</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Scot. <ets>flenders</ets>, <ets>flendris</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>flutter</ets>; cf. D. <ets>flenters</ets> rags, broken pieces.]</ety> <def>Small pieces or splinters; fragments.</def>

<blockquote>The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand <b>flinders</b> flew. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fling</h1> <Xpage=570>

<hw>Fling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flung</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flinging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>flingen</ets>, <ets>flengen</ets>, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. <ets>flengia</ets> to whip, ride furiously, OSw. <ets>flenga</ets> to strike, Sw. <ets>fl\'84nga</ets> to romp, Dan. <ets>flenge</ets> to slash.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; <as>as, to <ex>fing</ex> a stone into the pond</as>.</def>

<blockquote>'T is Fate that <b>flings</b> the dice: and, as she <b>flings</b>, Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He . . . like Jove, his lighting <b>flung</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I know thy generous temper well. <b>Fling</b> but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.</def>

<blockquote>The sun begins to <b>fling</b> His flaring beams. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Every beam new transient colors <b>flings</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; <as>as, to <ex>fling</ex> a party in litigation</as>.</def>

<blockquote>His horse started, <b>flung</b> him, and fell upon him. <i>Walpole.</i></blockquote>

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<cs><col>To fling about</col>, <cd>to throw on all sides; to scatter.</cd> -- <col>To fling away</col>, <cd>to reject; to discard.</cd>

<blockquote>Cromwell, I charge thee, <b>fling away</b> ambition. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

--<col>To fling down</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a challenge.</cd>

<blockquote>This question so <b>flung down</b> before the guests, . . . Was handed over by consent of all To me who had not spoken. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.</cd> -- <col>To fling in</col>, <cd>to throw in; not to charge in an account; as, in settling accounts, one party <i>flings in</i> a small sum, or a few days' work.</cd> -- <col>To fling off</col>, <cd>to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey; also, to get rid of.</cd> <i>Addison.</i> -- <col>To fling open</col>, <cd>to throw open; to open suddenly or with violence; as, <i>to fling open<i> a door.</cd> -- <col>To fling out</col>, <cd>to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh manner; as, <i>to fling out<i> hard words against another.</cd> -- <col>To fling up</col>, <cd>to relinquish; to abandon; as, <i>to fling up<i> a design.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fling</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Fling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To throw; to wince; to flounce; <as>as, the horse began to kick and <ex>fling</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; <as>as, the scold began to flout and <ex>fling</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.</def>