Baffling :: Baffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Baffl.

Baffling :: Baffling (a.) Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks..

Dwarfling :: Dwarfling (n.) A diminutive dwarf.

Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat..

Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet..

Flinch :: Flinch (n.) The act of flinching.

Flinched :: Flinched (imp. & p. p.) of Flinc.

Flincher :: Flincher (n.) One who flinches or fails.

Flinching :: Flinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flinc.

Flinchingly :: Flinchingly (adv.) In a flinching manner.

Flindermouse :: Flindermouse (n.) A bat; a flittermouse.

Flinders :: Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.

Fling :: Fling (v. t.) To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond..

Fling :: Fling (v. t.) To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.

Fling :: Fling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation..

Fling :: Fling (v. i.) To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling..

Fling :: Fling (v. i.) To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling..

Fling :: Fling (v. i.) To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.

Fling :: Fling (n.) A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse..

Fling :: Fling (n.) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.

Fling :: Fling (n.) A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling..

Fling :: Fling (n.) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.

Flingdust :: Flingdust (n.) One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner.

Flinger :: Flinger (n.) One who flings; one who jeers.

Flinging :: Flinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flin.

Flint :: Flint (n.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel..

Flint :: Flint (n.) A piece of flint for striking fire; -- formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks..

Flint :: Flint (n.) Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint..

Flint Glass :: Flint glass () A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass..

Flint-hearted :: Flint-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted.

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