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Show Fal 2. Not rigid; not inexorable ; complying obfequious Phocyon was a man of great feverity, and n ways fexible to the will of the people Bacon 3. Dutile manageable Under whofe care foever a child is put to b taught, during the tender and flexidle years of hi life, it fhould be one who thinks Latin and language the leaft part of education Locke 4. That may be accommodated to variou forms and purpofes This was a principle more fexid/e to their purpofe Rogers Fre'x1BLENESS, 7 /i [from fexible. 1. Poflibility to be bent; not brittlenefs eafinefs to be bent; not ftiffhefs; pliantnefs ; pliancy I will rather chufe to wear a crown of thorns than to exchange that of gold for one of lead whofe embafed fexiblenefs fhall be forced to bend King Charles Keep thofe flender aerial bodies feparated an ftretched out, which otherwife, by reafon of thei Sexiblenefs and weight, would flag or curl Boyle 2. Facility; obfequioufnefs; compliance 3. Duétility ; manageablenefs "The flexiblenefs of the former part of a.man's age not yet grown up to beé-headftrong, makes it mor governable Locke Fre'xiLe. adj. [fexilis, Latin.] Pliant _eafily bent; obfequious to any power o -ampulfe Every flexile wav Obeys the blaft, th> aerial tumult fiells. - Thom/on ‘¥LE'x10N. 7. [ [ flexio, Latin, 1. The a& of bending 2. A double; a bending; part bent; joint Ofa finuous pipe that may have fome four flexions trial would be made 3 Bacon's Natural Hiftory A turn towardssany- part or quarter Pity caufeth fometimes tears, and a_flexion or caf of 'the eye afide «Bacon's Natural Hiftory FLE'XOR. -a. f."[Latin. 'The genera name of the muftles which a& in contracting the joints - Flatterers, who have the flexor mufcles fo firon that they are always bowing and:cringing, migh in fome meafure be correted by being tied dow upon a tree-by the back Arbuthnot ¥or'xvous adj. [ fexusfus, Latin. 1. Windmg;- full of turn and meanders "tortuous "1In regard of the foul, "the numerous and crooke marro cranies an the reftrained' fexxou rivulet of corporeal things, are all contemptible. ~ - Digsy -2. Bending ~fteady no ftraight variable no "The trembling of a candle difcovers-a wind, tha otherwife we did.not feel; and ‘the fexxons burnin of flames.doth thew the air beginneth to be unquiet Bacow's Natural Hiffory FLe'xXURE 2. /i [flexura, Latin. 1. The formor direction in which any thin is bent Contrary is the flexure of the joints -of our arm . 2nd legs to that of quadrupeds: our knees bend forward, whereas the fame joint of their hind legs bend - backward Ray 2. The aé of bending "The elephant hath joints, but none for courtefy His legs are for neceflity, notflexure. Shakefpeare 3. The part bent ; the joint His mighty ftrength lies in his able loins "And where the fexure of his navel joins. . Sandys 4. Obfequions or fervile cringe Not ufed Think'# thou the fiery fever will go ou With titles blown from adulation Will give place to fexure and low bends? Sh. Hen. V Fui'cksr w a FL F L [figheren Dutch gliccepian, Saxon. He fhewed all the firetc of fancyat once; and i 'To flutter; to pla he has failed in fome of his flights, it was becauf to have a fluttering motion the wings The wreat of radiant fire On flickering Phoebus' front Strange graces ftill, and &ranger fights the had Shakefp. King Lear Pope Was juft not ugly,| and was juft not mad Truft me, dear! good humour can prevail When airs and ffights, and fcreams and fcolding faif > T'was ebbing darknefs, paft the mid' of night And Phofpher, on the confines of the light Promis'd the fun, ere day began to fpring And flick'ving on her neft made fhort cflays to fing I Dryden At all her ftretch her little wings the fpread To print a kifs, the lafteflay of love Time, thou anticipat'ft my dread exploit The;fightly purpofe never is o'ertook Unlefs the deed'go with it. Shake/peare's Macteth Fri'msy [Of this word I know no it to have crep into ourlanguage from the cant of ma nufaturers, 1. Weak ; feeble; withont ftrength of tex fro frei 2. Mean fpiritlefs; without force Proud of awaftextent of fim/y lines "That ftrength he wafted in ignoble fight, Denbam He thinks by #ight his miftrefs muit be won 70 FLincH Dryd @ #. {corrupte from fing 1. To fhrink from any fuffering or undertaking; to withdraw from any pain o -Panfawand lov'd, and, burning with defire Purfu'd her #ight 5 her flight increas'd hisfire. Pope danger Every martyr could keep one eye fteadily fixe 2. The att ot ufing wings; volation upon immortality, and loo For he {o fwift and nimble was of fight That from his lower tra& he dar'd to fl Up to the.clouds, and thence with pinions ligh ""To-mount aloft unto the cryftal fky Spenfer The fury fprang above the Stygian flood of countenance with th death and danger ou other nor did they flinc from duty, for fear of martyrdom Soxth's Serm A child, by a conftantrcourfe of kindnefs, ma be accuftomed to bear very rough ufage withou Jfinching or complaining And on her wicker wings, fublime through night Locke Oh ingratitudey that John Bull, whom I hav honoured with my friendfhip, fhould fizch at laft and pretend that he can difburfe no more money She to the Latian palace took her fight. Diyd. Hin Winds that tempefts brew When through Arabian groves they take their fight Arburbnot's Hiftory of Fohn Bull "Made wanton with rich odours, lofe their fpite Dryden. 2. In Shakefpeare it fignifies to tail If I break time, or #izch in propert ‘Of what I fpoke, unpitied let me die.- Shake/peare 3. Removed from place to place by mean of wings Fui'ncuEer. # /. [from the verb.] H who fhrinks or fails in any matter 7o FLING. preter. jlung; part. jflung o Ere the bat hath flow ‘His cloyfter'd flight Shakefpeare's Macbeth ‘The fowls+thall take their fight away together 2 Efd. v. 6 Smg Fowls, by Wintef forc'd, forfuke the floods ‘And wing their hatty ight to happier lands. Dryden w.a {from fligo Latin The matrons fung their gloves Ladies and maids their fcarfs and handkerchief Shakefpeare's Coriolanut Upon him "Tis fate that flings the dice; and as fhe flings Of kings makes peafants, and of peafants kings Dryder I can at will, doubt not Command a table in this wildernefs 12 Milton. To dart ; to caft with violence How much unlike that HeGor who return' Clad in Achilles' fpoils ; when he, amon A thoufand fhips, like Jove, his lightning furg 6. A volley; a fhower; as much fhot as is. 3. To fcatter difcharged at once Ev'ry beam new tranfient colours fizgs Above an hundred arrows difcharged on my lef hand, pricked me like fo.many needles; and befide they fhot another figh bombs into the air as we d Savift 7. 'The {pace paft by flying 8. Heat of imagination; fally of the foul Old Pindar's fights by him are reacht When on that gale his wings are firetcht Denbam fo t 1. To caft from the hand ; to throw "Tilights of angels wing thee to thy reft. Shake/p "T'hey take great pride in the feathers of birds, an this they took from their anceftors of the mountains who were invited into it by the infinite fights o birds that came up to the high greunds Bacon Chevy Chafe Skizner according to others from fing fling is to /et flying. 4. A flock of birds flying together At the firlt fight of arrows fent Full threefcore Scots they {lew Pope Skinner. As eager of the chace, the mai Beyond the foreft's verdantlimits ftray'd as, the harveft #light of pigeons adj any -original, and fufpe Savift 5. The birds produced in the fame feafon full of 1ma%matlon z. Wild he wifhes for the fight Array!d in glory, on my cup tattend 1. Fleeting; fwift The flier, tho't had leaden feet And call {wift fights of angels miniftrant Shakefpeare Fri'curiry. adj. [from flight. 2. That part of a machine which, by being put into @ more rapid motion tha the other parts, equalizes and regulate the motion of the reft; as in a jack. «And claims the prize becaufe he beft did run ‘Tilloy'on ; The felf-fame way Shakefpeare's Coriolants Not for the fiers Now the fiers from and forfakers of their places carry the parliamentary power along with them King Charles too'late th In my fchool-days, when I had loft one fhaft 1 fhot his fellow of the felf-fame fligh *Tis for the followers fortune widens them now, bexghf: wher 10, The power of flying The gates are ope, now prove good feconds An certai Temple, away FricuT, 2. /. [tfrom To fiy. 1. The att of flying or runnin danger an It is not only the utmoft pitch of impiety, bu the higheft #ight of folly, to deride thefe things Dryden you fearce could fee't wer greatnefs FrLy'er. 2. /. [from fy. 1. One that runs away; a fugitive ; a run Turn'd fo quick ther Hights of ambition end, one might imagine tha the interefts of Franee were but to conferve its prefén with her feather'd arms embrac'd the dead Then flickering to his pallid lips, fhe firov Pope g. Excurfion on the wing The tuneful lark already ftretch'd her wing An Pope he attempted every thing Denhat Colours that change whene'er they wave their ";ngs ope 4. To drive by viotence A heap of rocks, falling, would expel the water out of their places with fuch a violence as to fliz them among the higheft clouds Buramet's Theory 5. Te move foreibly The kaight fecing his habitation reduced to f fmall compafs Sung open ordere all the apartments to b Addifon's Spedator 6. T |