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 Child; also a She-Fox.

Fizzle, a little or low-sounding Fart.

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Flabby, flimsy, not sound, firm or solid.

Flagg, c. a Groat; also a coarse rough Stone us'd in Paving. To Flagg, to fall off, droop, decline, or fail; also to suspend or let fall a Suit or Prosecution. The Flag of Defiance is out, (among the Tarrs) the Fellow's Face is very Red, and he is Drunk.

Flam, a Trick, or Sham-story.

Flanderkin, a very large Fat Man or Horse; also Natives of that Country.

Flanders-fortunes, of small Substance.

Flanders-pieces, Pictures that look fair at a distance, but coarser near at Hand. Flapdragon, a Clap or Pox.

Flare, to Shine or glare like a Comet or Beacon.

Flash, c. a Periwig. Rum Flash, c. a long, full, high-priz'd Wig. Queer Flash, c. a sorry weather-beaten Wig, not worth Stealing, fit only to put on a Pole or dress a Scare-Crow. Flash-*ken, c. a House where Thieves use, and are connived at.

Flasque, a Bottle (or it's resemblance) of Sand, bound about with Iron, into which the melted Metal is by Coyners and others poured; also a Pottle or five Pints and half, that quantity, formerly of Florence, now of any Wine: A Box for Gun-*powder; a Carriage for Ordinance; an Arch-*line somewhat distant from the corner of the Chief, and swelling by degrees toward the middle of the Escutcheon.