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FLEDGE, a. flej. Feathered; furnished with fethers or wings; able to fly. His lo...
FLEDG'ED, pp. Furnished with fethers for flight; covered with fethers.
FLEDG'ING, ppr. Furnishing with fethers for flight.
FLEE, v.i. 1. To run with rapidity, as from danger; to attempt to escape; to has...
FLEECE, n. flees. [L. vellus, from vello, to pluck or tear off.] The coat of woo...
FLEE'CED, pp. Stripped by severe exactions. FLEE'CED , a. Furnished with a fleec...
FLEE'CER, n. One who strips or takes by severe exactions.
FLEE'CING, ppr. Stripping of money or property by severe demands of fees, taxes ...
FLEE'CY, a. 1. Covered with wool; woolly; as a fleecy flock. 2. Resembling wool ...
FLEER, v.i. 1. To deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; to make a wry face in cont...
FLEE'RER, n. a mocker; a fawner.
FLEE'RING, ppr. Deriding; mocking; counterfeiting an air of civility.
FLEET, in English names, denotes a flood, a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, or...
FLEE'TFOOT, a. Swift of foot; running or able to run with rapidity.
FLEE'TING, ppr. 1. Passing rapidly; flying with velocity. 2. a. Transient; not d...
FLEE'TING-DISH, n. A skimming bowl. [Local.]