| Flag (flag) |
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| v. i. | (fl g) |
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| Flag |
| [imp.
*** p. p. Flagged (?)] p. pr. *** vb.
n. Flagging (?).] [Cf. Icel. flaka to droop,
hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an ensign.] |
To hang loose without stiffness] to bend
down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose
vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth
flags.
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| Flag (flag) |
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| v. t. | (flg) |
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| Flag |
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To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall,
into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.
To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or
elasticity of.
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That which flags or hangs
down loosely.
A cloth usually bearing a device or
devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or
ask information] -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the
wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national
flag; a military or a naval flag.
A
group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks,
owls, etc.
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To signal to with a flag; as, to
flag a train.
To convey, as a message, by means of flag
signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a
distance.
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An aquatic plant, with long,
ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and
Acorus.
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To furnish or deck out
with flags.
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A flat stone
used for paving.
Any hard, evenly stratified
sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for
flagstones.
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To lay with flags of
flat stones.
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One of
the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag
feather.
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To decoy (game) by
waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's
curiosity.
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