Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume FH2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq. or Low] -- To fizzle out, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and ridiculously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.] Fiz"zle, n. A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.] Fjord (fyôrd), n. See Fiord. Flab"ber·gast (?), v. t. [Cf. Flap, and Aghast.] To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [Jocular] Beaconsfield. Flab`ber·gas·ta"tion (?), n. The state of being flabbergasted. [Jocular] London Punch. Flab"bi·ly (?), adv. In a flabby manner. Flab"bi·ness, n. Quality or state of being flabby. Flab"by (?), a. [See Flap.] Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh. Fla"bel (?), n. [L. flabellum a fan, dim. of flabrum a breeze, fr. flare to blow.] A fan. [Obs.] Huloet. Fla·bel"late (?), a. [L. flabellatus, p. p. of flabellare to fan, fr. flabellum. See Flabbel.] (Bot.) Flabelliform. Flab`el·la"tion (?), n. The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. Dunglison. Fla·bel"li·form (?), a. [L. flabellum a fan + -form: cf. F. flabeliforme.] Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate. Fla·bel"li·nerved` (?), a. [L. flabellum a fan + E. nerve.] (Bot.) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf. Fla·bel"lum (?), n. [L. See Flabel.] (Eccl.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley. Flab"ile (?), a. [L. flabilis.] Liable to be blown about. Bailey. Flac"cid (?), a. [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.] Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh. Religious profession . . . has become flacced. |