1. One who flogs.
2. A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung. Knight.
FLOGGING
Flog"ging, a. & n.
Defn: from Flog, v. t. Flogging chisel (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. — Flogging hammer, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.
FLON
Flon, n. pl.
Defn: See Flo. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FLONG
Flong ( or ), obs.
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Fling.
FLOOD Flood, n. Etym: [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. flod; akin to D. vloed, OS. flod, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. floedh, Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. flodus; from the root of E. flow. sq. root80. See Flow, v. i.]
1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation. A covenant never to destroy The earth again by flood. Milton.