Flag`el*la"tion (?), n. [L. flagellatio: cf. F. flagellation.] A
beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth.
Flag"el*la`tor (?), n. One who practices flagellation; one who whips or
scourges.
Fla*gel"li*form (?), a. [L. flagellum a whip + -form.] Shaped like a
whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.
||Fla*gel"lum (?), n.; pl. E. Flagellums (#), L. Flagella (#). [L., a
||whip. See Flagellate, v. t.] 1. (Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a
||plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch
||in certain mosses.
2. (Zoˆl.) (a) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata. (b) An
appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail. (c) A lashlike
appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennÊ and
the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.
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Flag"eo*let` (?), n. [F. flageolet, dim. of OF. flaj&?;l (as if fr. a
LL. flautio;us), of fla¸te, flahute, F. fl&?;te. See Flute.] (Mus.) A
small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted
at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo
flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.
Flageolet tones (Mus.), the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed
instruments.
Flag"gi*ness (?), n. The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness.
Johnson.
Flag"ging (?), n. A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones,
collectively.
Flag"ging, a. Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening;
delaying. -- Flag"ging*ly, adv.
Flag"gy (?), a. 1. Weak; flexible; limber. "Flaggy wings." Spenser.