Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FLAX'DRESS-ER, n.

One who breaks and swingles flax.

FLAX'EN, a.

1. Made of flax; as, flaxen thread.
2. Resembling flax; of the color of flax; fair, long and flowing; as, flaxen hair.

FLAX'EN-HEAD-ED, a.

Having hair of flaxen color. Irving.

FLAX'PLANT, n.

The Phormium, a plant in New Zealand that serves the inhabitants for flax.

FLAX'RAIS-ER, n.

One who raises flax.

FLAX'SEED, n.

The seed of flax.

FLAX'Y, a.

Like flax; being of a light color; fair. Sandys.

FLAY, v.t. [Sax. flean; Dan. flaaer; Sw. flä; G. flöhen; Gr. φλοιω, φλοιζω, whence φλοιος, bark, rind; probably a contracted word.]

1. To skin; to strip off the skin of an animal; as, to flay an ox.
2. To take off the skin or surface of any thing. [Not used.] Swift.

FLAY-ED, pp.

Skinned; stripped of the skin.

FLAY-ER, n.

One who strips off the skin.

FLAY-ING, ppr.

Stripping off the skin.

FLEA, n. [Sax. flea; G. floh; D. vloo; Scot. flech; Ice. floc; from Sax. fleogan, to fly. See Flee and Fly.]

An insect of the genus Pulex. It has two eyes, and six feet; the feelers are like threads; the rostrum is inflected, setaceous, and armed with a sting. The flea is remarkable for its agility, leaping to a surprising distance, and its bite is very troublesome.

FLEA-BANE, n.

A plant of the genus Conyza.

FLEA-BITE, or FLEA-BIT-ING, n.

1. The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.
2. A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea. Harvey.

FLEA-BIT-TEN, a.

1. Bitten or stung by a flea.
2. Mean; worthless; of low birth or station. Cleaveland

FLEAK, n.

A lock. [See Flake.]

FLEAM, n. [D. vlym; W. flaim; Arm. flemm or flem, the sting of a bee, a sharp point. In Welsh, llem and llym, signify sharp, penetrating.]

In surgery and farriery, a sharp instrument used for opening veins for letting blood.

FLEA-WORT, n.

A plant.

FLECK, or FLECK'ER, v.t. [G. fleck, a spot; flecken, to spot; D. vlek, vlak, vlakken; Sw. flack, fläcka; Dan. flek, flekker.]

To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple. Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain. Dryden. [These words are obsolete or used only in poetry.]

FLEC'TION, n. [L. flectio.]

The act of bending, or state of being bent. [See Inflection.]

FLEC'TOR, n.

A flexor, – which see.

FLED, pp. [and pret. of flee; as, truth has fled.]

FLEDGE, a. [flej; G. flügge; D. vlug, fledged, quick, nimble; connected with G. fliegen, D. vliegen, Sax. fleogan, to fly.]

Feathered; furnished with feather or wings; able to fly. His locks behind, / Illustrious on his shoulders, fledge with wings, Lay waving round. Milton.

FLEDGE, v.t.

To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight. The birds were not yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. L'Estrange.

FLEDG'ED, pp.

Furnished with feathers for flight; covered with feathers.