Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 43
Flutter (n.) The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan.
The chirp and flutter of some single bird -- Milnes.
Flutter (n.) Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. -- Pope.
Flutter wheel, A water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes.
Flutter (n.) The act of moving back and forth [syn: waver, flutter, flicker].
Flutter (n.) Abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
Flutter (n.) A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle].
Flutter (n.) The motion made by flapping up and down [syn: flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering].
Flutter (v.) Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit, flutter, fleet, dart].
Flutter (v.) Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" [syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver].
Flutter (v.) Flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead."
Flutter (v.) Beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated" [syn: palpitate, flutter].
Flutter (v.) Wink briefly; "bat one's eyelids" [syn: bat, flutter].
Flutterer (n.) One who, or that which, flutters.
Flutteringly (adv.) In a fluttering manner.
Fluty (a.) Soft and clear in tone, like a flute.
Fluvial (a.) Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant.
Fluvial (a.) Of or relating to or happening in a river; "fluvial deposits."
Fluvialist (n.) One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of streams. [R.]
Fluviatic (a.) Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile. -- Johnson.
Fluviatile (a.) Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta, plants. -- Lyell.
Fluvio-marine (a.) (Geol.) Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers.
Flux (n.) The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.
By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body. -- Arbuthnot.
Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore. --Trench.
Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux. -- Felton.
Flux (n.) The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux.
Flux (n.) The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
Flux (n.) (Chem. & Metal.) Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.
Note: White flux is the residuum of the combustion of a mixture of equal parts of niter and tartar. It consists chiefly of the carbonate of potassium, and is white. -- Black flux is the ressiduum of the combustion of one part of niter and two of tartar, and consists essentially of a mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal.
Flux (n.) (Med.) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux.
Flux (n.) (Med.) The matter thus discharged.
Flux (n.) (Physics) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.
Flux (a.) Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
The flux nature of all things here. -- Barrow.
Fluxed (imp. & p. p.) of Flux.
Fluxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flux.
Flux (v. t.) To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.
He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world. -- South.
Flux (v. t.) To cause to become fluid; to fuse. -- Kirwan.
Flux (v. t.) (Med.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.
Flux (n.) The rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface.
Flux (n.) A flow or discharge [syn: flux, fluxion].
Flux (n.) A substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed.
Flux (n.) Excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea).
Flux (n.) A state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor" [syn: flux, state of flux].
Flux (n.) The lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle [syn: magnetic field, magnetic flux, flux].
Flux (n.) (Physics) The number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area [syn: flux density, flux].
Flux (n.) In constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry."
Flux (v.) Move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" [syn: flow, flux]
Flux (v.) Become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied" [syn: liquefy, flux, liquify].
Flux (v.) Mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge].
Fluxation (n.) The act of fluxing.
Fluxibility (n.) The quality of being fluxible.
Fluxible (a.) Capable of being melted or fused, as a mineral.
Fluxile (a.) Fluxible.
Fluxility (n.) State of being fluxible.
Fluxion (n.) The act of flowing.
Fluxion (n.) The matter that flows.
Fluxion (n.) Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state.
Fluxion (n.) An unnatural or excessive flow of blood or fluid toward any organ; a determination.
Fluxion (n.) A constantly varying indication.
Fluxion (n.) The infinitely small increase or decrease of a variable or flowing quantity in a certain infinitely small and constant period of time; the rate of variation of a fluent; an incerement; a differential.
Fluxion (n.) A method of analysis developed by Newton, and based on the conception of all magnitudes as generated by motion, and involving in their changes the notion of velocity or rate of change. Its results are the same as those of the differential and integral calculus, from which it differs little except in notation and logical method.
Fluxional (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant.
Fluxionary (a.) Fluxional.
Fluxionary (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, an increased flow of blood to a part; congestive; as, a fluxionary hemorrhage.
Fluxionist (n.) One skilled in fluxions.
Fluxions (n. pl.) See Fluxion, 6(b).
Fluxive (a.) Flowing; also, wanting solidity.
Fluxure (n.) The quality of being fluid.
Fluxure (n.) Fluid matter.
Flew (imp.) of Fly.
Flown (p. p.) of Fly.
Flying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fly.
Fly (v. i.) To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.
Fly (v. i.) To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.
Fly (v. i.) To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag.
Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. -- Job v. 7.
Fly (v. i.) To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies.
Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race. -- Milton.
The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on. -- Bryant.
Fly (v. i.) To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee.
Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight. -- Milton.
Whither shall I fly to escape their hands ? -- Shak.
Fly (v. i.) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart.
To fly about (Naut.), To change frequently in a short time; -- said of the wind.
To fly around, To move about in haste. [Colloq.]
To fly at, To spring toward; to rush on; to attack suddenly.
To fly in the face of, To insult; to assail; to set at defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct opposition to; to resist.
To fly off, To separate, or become detached suddenly; to revolt.
To fly on, To attack.
To fly open, To open suddenly, or with violence.
To fly out. To rush out.
To fly out. To burst into a passion; to break out into license.
To let fly. To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. "A man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim." -- Addison.
To let fly. (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let fly the sheets.
Fly (v. t.) To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.
The brave black flag I fly. -- W. S. Gilbert.
Fly (v. t.) To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
Sleep flies the wretch. -- Dryden.
To fly the favors of so good a king. -- Shak.
Fly (v. t.) To hunt with a hawk. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Fly (v. t.) To manage (an aircraft) in flight; as, to fly an a["e]roplane.
To fly a kite (Com.), To raise money on commercial notes. [Cant or Slang]
Flies (n. pl. ) of Fly.
Fly (n.) (Zool.) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
Fly (n.) (Zool.) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
Fly (n.) A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing. "The fur-wrought fly." -- Gay.
Fly (n.) A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]
A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. -- B. Jonson.
Fly (n.) A parasite. [Obs.] -- Massinger.
Fly (n.) A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]
Fly (n.) The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
Fly (n.) The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
Fly (n.) (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. -- Totton.
Fly (n.) (Mech.) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
Fly (n.) (Mech.) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below).
Fly (n.) (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. -- Knight.
Fly (n.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
Fly (n.) (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. -- Knight.
Fly (n.) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press.
Fly (n.) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work.
Fly (n.) The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place.
Fly (n.) One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
Fly (n.) The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
Fly (n.) (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. Also called fly ball. "a fly deep into right field."
Fly (n.) (Cotton Manuf.) Waste cotton.
Black fly, Cheese fly, Dragon fly, etc. See under Black, Cheese, etc. -- Fly agaric (Bot.), A mushroom ({Agaricus muscarius), having a narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- Fly block (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- Fly board (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly. -- Fly book, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. -- Kingsley.{Fly cap, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. -- Fly drill, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. -- Knight.{Fly fishing, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies; fishing using a fly [2] as bait. -- Walton.
Fly fisherman, One who fishes using natural or artificial flies [2] as bait, especially one who fishes exclusively in that manner. -- Fly flap, an implement for killing flies. -- Fly governor, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- Fly honeysuckle (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as L. ciliata and L. Xylosteum. -- Fly hook, a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. -- Fly leaf, an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc.
Fly maggot, A maggot bred from the egg of a fly. -- Ray.
Fly net, A screen to exclude insects.
Fly nut (Mach.), A nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut.
Fly orchis (Bot.), A plant ({Ophrys muscifera"> Fly orchis (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera), whose flowers resemble flies.
Fly paper, Poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that feed upon or are entangled by it.
Fly powder, An arsenical powder used to poison flies.
Fly press, A screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly.
Fly rail, A bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table.
Fly rod, A light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.
Fly sheet, A small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.
Fly snapper (Zool.), An American bird ({Phainopepla nitens), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.
Fly wheel (Mach.), A heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See Fly, n., 9.
On the fly (Baseball), Still in the air; -- said of a batted ball caught before touching the ground..
Fly (a.) Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning. [Slang] -- Dickens. Fly amanita
Fly (a.) (British informal) Not to be deceived or hoodwinked.
Fly (n.) Two-winged insects characterized by active flight.
Fly (n.) Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent [syn: tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap].
Fly (n.) An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth [syn: fly, fly front].
Fly (n.) (Baseball) A hit that flies up in the air [syn: fly, fly ball].
Fly (n.) Fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect.
Fly (v.) Travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" [syn: fly, wing].
Fly (v.) Move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place."
Fly (v.) Operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly, aviate, pilot].
Fly (v.) Transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America."
Fly (v.) Cause to fly or float; "fly a kite."
Fly (v.) Be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying."
Fly (v.) Change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage."
Fly (v.) Pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" [syn: fly, fell, vanish].
Fly (v.) Travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"
Fly (v.) Display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.".
Fly (v.) Run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn: flee, fly, take flight].
Fly (v.) Travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic."
Fly (v.) Hit a fly.
Fly (v.) Decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish, fly, vaporize].
Fly, () Heb. zebub, (Eccl. 10:1; Isa. 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest that the Phoenicians invoked against it the aid of their god Baal-zebub (q.v.). The prophet Isaiah (7:18) alludes to some poisonous fly which was believed to be found on the confines of Egypt, and which would be called by the Lord. Poisonous flies exist in many parts of Africa, for instance, the different kinds of tsetse.
Heb. 'arob, the name given to the insects sent as a plague on the land of Egypt (Ex. 8:21-31; Ps. 78:45; 105:31). The LXX. render this by a word which means the "dog-fly," the cynomuia. The Jewish commentators regarded the Hebrew word here as connected with the word _'arab_, which means "mingled;" and they accordingly supposed the plague to consist of a mixed multitude of animals, beasts, reptiles, and insects. But there is no doubt that "the _'arab_" denotes a single definite species. Some interpreters regard it as the Blatta orientalis, the cockroach, a species of beetle. These insects "inflict very painful bites with their jaws; gnaw and destroy clothes, household furniture, leather, and articles of every kind, and either consume or render unavailable all eatables."
Flybane (n.) A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric.
Fly-bitten (a.) Marked by, or as if by, the bite of flies.
Flyblow (v. t.) To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows.
Flyblow (n.) One of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.
Flyblown (a.) Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.
Flyboat (n.) A large Dutch coasting vessel.
Flyboat (n.) A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.
Fly-case (n.) The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles.
Flycatcher (n.) One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing.
Flycatcher (n.) [ C ] 鶲（在空中捕食昆蟲的小鳥） A small bird that catches insects in the air.
Fly-catching (a.) Having the habit of catching insects on the wing.
Flyer (n.) One that uses wings.
Flyer (n.) The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
Flyer (n.) Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
Flyer (n.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
Flyer (n.) The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
Flyer (n.) The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
Flyer (n.) A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture.
Flyfish (n.) A California scorpaenoid fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris), having brilliant colors.
Fly-fish (v. i.) To angle, using flies for bait.
Flying (v. i.) Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
Flying fish (n.) (Zool.) 飛魚 A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exoc[oe]tus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans.
Flying fish (n.) Tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight.
Flying squirrel (n.) (Zool.) 絨鼯鼠 One of a group of squirrels, of the genus Glaucomys (formerly Pteromus and Sciuropterus), especially Glaucomys volans and Glaucomys sabrinus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long, gliding leaps.
Note: The species of Pteromys are large, with bushy tails, and inhabit southern Asia and the East Indies; those of Sciuropterus are smaller, with flat tails, and inhabit the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. The American species (Sciuropterus volucella) is also called Assapan. The Australian flying squirrels, or flying phalangers, are marsupials. See Flying phalanger (above).
Flying squirrel (n.) Nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body [syn: flying phalanger, flying opossum, flying squirrel].
Flymen (n. pl. ) of Flyman.