FLACKER Flack"er, v. i. Etym: [OE. flakeren, fr. flacken to move quickly to and fro; cf. icel. flakka to rove about, AS. flacor fluttering, flying, G. flackern to flare, flicker.]
Defn: To flutter, as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
FLACKET Flack"et, n. Etym: [OF. flasquet little flask, dim. of flasque a flask.]
Defn: A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.
FLACON
Fla"con (fla"kôn), n. [F. See Flagon.]
Defn: A small glass bottle; as, a flacon for perfume. "Two glass flacons for the ink." Longfellow.
FLAG
Flag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging.] Etym:
[Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an
ensign.]
1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. T. Moore.
2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags. The pleasures of the town begin to flag. Swift.
Syn.
— To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.