-- Flac"cid*ly (#), adv. -- Flac"cid*ness, n.
Flac*cid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. flacciditÈ.] The state of being flaccid.
Flack"er (?), v. i. [OE. flakeren, fr. flacken to move quickly to and
fro; cf. icel. flakka to rove about, AS. flacor fluttering, flying, G.
flackern to flare, flicker.] To flutter, as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
Flack"et (?), n. [OF. flasquet little flask, dim. of flasque a flask.]
A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.
Flag (flg), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging
(?).] [Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an
ensign.] 1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible
bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast.
T. Moore.
2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the
spirits flag; the streugth flags.
The pleasures of the town begin to flag.
Swift.
Syn. -- To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.
Flag (flg), v. t. 1. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into
feebleness; as, to flag the wings. prior.