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F — Fire-arm to Flawless (Part 7 of 11)

Flag, n.

    1. Flag-stone, flat paving stone.
    2. Banner, streamer, colors, standard, pennon, pennant, ensign, gonfalon.
    3. Iris, flower-de-luce, flower-de-lis (Iris pseudacorus).

Flagellate, v. a. Whip, scourge, castigate, flog, thrash, beat, cudgel, drub.

Flagellation, n. Whipping, scourging, castigation, beating, flogging, thrashing, drubbing.

Flagitious, a. Atrocious, heinous, villanous, infamous, scandalous, nefarious, flagrant, profligate, corrupt, abandoned, enormously wicked.

Flagrancy, n. Notoriety, enormity.

Flagrant, a.

    1. Flaming, glowing, burning, raging.
    2. Notorious, crying, glaring, enormous, flagitious.

Flag-stone, n. Flag, flat paving stone.

Flake, n. Scale, lamina, layer.

Flake, v. n. Scale, scale off, come off in flakes.

Flambeau, n. Torch.

Flame, n.

    1. Blaze, burning vapor.
    2. Fire.
    3. Ardor, fervor, fervency, warmth, enthusiasm.
    4. (Colloq.) Love, sweetheart.

Flame, v. n.

    1. Blaze.
    2. Glow, burn, warm, be fervid or fervent, thrill, be enthusiastic.