Part 4395

<h1>Flittern</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flit"tern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt><def>A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees.</def>

<i>McElrath.</i>

<h1>Flittiness</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flit"ti*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Flitty</er>.]</ety> <def>Unsteadiness; levity; lightness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hopkins.</i>

<h1>Flitting</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flit"ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A removal from one habitation to another.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<blockquote>A neighbor had lent his cart for the <b>flitting</b>, and it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to move away. <i>Jeffrey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Flittingly</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flit"ting*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt><def>In a flitting manner.</def>

<h1>Flitty</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flit"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Flit</er>.]</ety> <def>Unstable; fluttering.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Flix</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Flax</er>.]</ety> <def>Down; fur.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Eng.]</mark>

<i>J. Dyer.</i>

<h1>Flix</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flix</hw>, <tt>n.</tt><def>The flux; dysentery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Udall.</i>

<cs><col>Flix weed</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the <spn>Sisymbrium Sophia</spn>, a kind of hedge mustard, formerly used as a remedy for dysentery.</cd></cs>

<h1>Flo</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Flo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Flon</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[AS. <ets>fl\'be</ets>, <ets>fl\'ben</ets>.]</ety> <def>An arrow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Float</h1> <Xpage=571>

<hw>Float</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[OE. <ets>flote</ets> ship, boat, fleet, AS. <ets>flota</ets> ship, fr. <ets>fle\'a2tan</ets> to float; akin to D. <ets>vloot</ets> fleet, G. <ets>floss</ets> raft, Icel. <ets>floti</ets> float, raft, fleet, Sw. <ets>flotta</ets>. &root; 84. See <er>Fleet</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>, and cf. <er>Flotilla</er>, <er>Flotsam</er>, <er>Plover</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something</def>. Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.</def>

<blockquote>This reform bill . . . had been used as a <b>float</b> by the conservative ministry. <i>J. P. Peters.</i></blockquote>