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168 Plaad. See Blawed. Flam. A flame. This is a Celtic Cornish word ; flambe in Chaucer, Flam-new. Quite new. Flap. A flash, ^^ a flap of lightning." Flip. A fillip, or slight quick blow. Flaygerry. Frolicsome. Fleeting. Guttering of a candle. FlicketS, or VlicketS. Flushes, blushes. Flink. A pert, or insolent kind of deportment. "She's ^ in one of her.flinks again." Flip-jack. A rude fire place. M.A.C. Flisk. A large tooth comb. M.A.C. Flookan, ^^ (^n ct flow, a cut), it being a parcel of ground which calleth ofi" one part of a lode from another." Borlase. Flop. A slap. Flop-down. To sit, or drop suddenly down on a seat, or the floor. Flopper. An under petticoat. Polwhele, Flora-day. See Furry-day. Floor of tin. A stratum of tin ore as it lies in alluvial deposit. As in a stream work. Flosh. To flush, or well wash with water, as in wash- ing a courtlage.