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 32 HAMPSHIBE OLOSSABT. Flead [fleed], sh. the fat inside the skin of a pig. Fleck [flek], sh. (U The fat of a pig before it is boiled down into lard. *Ak. has toe spelling /IicA;, vlxck» (2) The ftir of the hare.— tl. Fleet [fleet], «&.• (1) A sheet of water. — N. H. (2) A ditch filled by tide.^J. Fleet [fleet] v, to float. — Cooper. Flem [flem], 8b, a 'fleam/ or farrier's lancet, for bleeding cattle. •Ak. Flem-stick [flem-stik], ah, the small stick used for striking the./Iem into the vein. *Ak. Flew [floo] adj, puny, weak. — N. H. See Flue. Flick [flik], sh. a thin membrana — J. FUok, t;. a. (1) To inflict a smart, stinging pain, by striking the hand, &c. with [the corner or end of a] silk-handkerchief or other article. (2) To strike a horse a sharp stroke with the end of the lash of a whip. — ^N. EL (3) V. n. to flutter. — Blackmore's Cradock Noufdl, iL p. 63. Flick. See Fleck. Flicking-comb [flik'in-koam], sh. a large-toothed comb. — J. Flipper-de-flapper [flip-ur-di-flap'ur], sb. noise and confusion caused by show. — Cooper. Flisky [flisk'i], adj. small, minute ; as 'flish/ rain,' t. e. fine rain. — Wise, New Forest Flitch [flich], sb. a plank cut from the middle of a tree. Ex. ' We'll get a good flitch out of that 'ere tree.' — ^N. H. Flitch, adj. (1) Impertinent, busy, lively. — *Ak. (2) Good-natured, good-humoured Ex. *You are Yerj flitch to- day,' i. e. good-natured. — ^Wise, New Forest. Hence — (3) Over-friendly. Ex. 'Don't be too flitch wi'un.'— J. FlitterinpB [flit'uringz], sb. pi, the tops of oak-trees when lopped. — Wise, New Forest, p. 183. Flitter-moTue [flitur-mous], sb. a bat. Cf. Germ. Fledermaus, — N.H. Flittems [flit'umz|, sb. pi, oak saplings. ' Oak-trees and clean oak flittenis with their tops, lops, and bark,' — Bill of Sale (U Hursley, June 1876. Asking a man exactly what was meant hj flitterns, I was told that they would be so called until they were as thick as, or thicker than, a man's leg. — W. F. Rose. Floddy [flod'il, o^y. plump, stout, Ex. 'They pigs hefloddier than youm. — N. H. Flook [flook], sb. a hydatid worm found in the livers of rotten sheep.
 * Ak. Com. See Fluders.