||Fjord (fyÙrd), 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.