Flask, s. A bottle, a vessel, a powder-horn.
Flaw, s. A crack or breach in any thing; a fault, a defect; a sudden gust; a violent blast.
Flax, s. The fibrous plant of which the finest thread is made; the fibres of flax cleansed and combed for the spinner.
Flay, v. To strip off the skin; to take off the skin or surface of anything.
Flea, s. A small insect. Vide Vermin.
Hares are very subject to fleas. Linnæus tells us, that cloth made of their fur will attract these insects, and preserve the wearer from their troublesome attacks.
Fleam, s. An instrument to bleed cattle.
Fledge, v. To furnish with wings, to supply with feathers.
Fledged, a. Full feathered, able to fly.
Flew, s. The large chaps of a deep-mouthed hound; a kind of net.