Flight"er (?), n. (Brewing) A horizontal vane revolving over the
surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the
liquor. Knight.
Flight"i*ly (?), adv. In a flighty manner.
Flight"i*ness, n. The state or quality of being flighty.
The flightness of her temper.
Hawthorne.
Syn. -- Levity; giddiness; volatility; lightness; wildness;
eccentricity. See Levity.
Flight"-shot` (?), n. The distance to which an arrow or flight may be
shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Within a flight-shot it inthe valley.
Evelyn.
Half a flight-shot from the king's oak.
Sir W. Scott.
Flight"y (?), a. 1. Fleeting; swift; transient.
The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it.
Shak.
2. Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of
imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and
extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious.
Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind.
Coleridge.
A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast.
J. S. Harford.
Flim"flam (?), n. [Cf. Flam.] A freak; a trick; a lie. Beau. & Fl.
Flim"si*ly (?), adv. In a flimsy manner.
Flim"si*ness, n. The state or quality of being flimsy.
Flim"sy (?), a. [Compar. Flimsier (?); superl. Flimsiest.] [Cf. W.
llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf. Limsy.] Weak;
feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and
unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy
argument, excuse, objection.
Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines.
Pope.
All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
Sheridan.
Syn. -- Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
Flim"sy, n. 1. Thin or transfer paper.