Part 4391

<h1>Flintiness</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flint"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty.</def>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Flintlock</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flint"lock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on stricking the steel ignites the priming.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.</def>

<h1>Flintware</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flint"ware`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flint enters largely.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Flintwood</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flint"wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Australian name for the very hard wood of the <spn>Eucalyptus piluralis</spn>.</def>

<h1>Flinty</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flint"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Flintier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Flintiest</er>.]</wordforms> <def>Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; <as>as, a <ex>flinty</ex> rock; <ex>flinty</ex> ground; a <ex>flinty</ex> heart.</as></def>

<cs><mcol><col>Flinty rock</col><???/, &or; <col>Flinty state</col></mcol>, <cd>a siliceous slate; -- basanite is here included. See <er>Basanite</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Flip</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flip</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Prov. E. <ets>flip</ets> nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow. Cf. <er>Flippant</er>.]</ety> <def>A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.</def>

<cs><col>Flip dog</col>, <cd>an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.</cd></cs>

<h1>Flip</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flip</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flipped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flipping</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To toss or fillip; <as>as, to <ex>flip</ex> up a cent</as>.</def>

<blockquote>As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers <b>flip</b> their cherry stones. <i>W. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flipe</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flipe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Flip-flap</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flip"-flap`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Flip</er>, and <er>Flap</er>.]</ety> <def>The repeated stroke of something long and loose.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Flip-flap</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flip"-flap`</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose.</def>

<i>Ash.</i>