Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flag"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Flag
(Heb., or rather Egyptian, ahu, Job 8:11), rendered "meadow" in
Gen. 41:2, 18; probably the Cyperus esculentus, a species of
rush eaten by cattle, the Nile reed. It also grows in Palestine.

In Ex. 2:3, 5, Isa. 19:6, it is the rendering of the Hebrew
_suph_, a word which occurs frequently in connection with _yam_;
as _yam suph_, to denote the "Red Sea" (q.v.) or the sea of
weeds (as this word is rendered, Jonah 2:5). It denotes some
kind of sedge or reed which grows in marshy places. (See PAPER
¯T0002840, {REED}.)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flag \Flag\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called
also {flag feather}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flag \Flag\, v. t.
To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like
to arouse the animal's curiosity.

The antelope are getting continually shyer and more
difficult to flag. --T.
Roosevelt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flag \Flag\, n. [From {Flag} to hang loose, to bend down.]
(Bot.)
An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to
either of the genera {Iris} and {Acorus}.

{Cooper's flag}, the cat-tail ({Typha latifolia}), the long
leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels
to make the latter water-tight.

{Corn flag}. See under 2d {Corn}.

{Flag broom}, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or
rushes.

{Flag root}, the root of the sweet flag.

{Sweet flag}. See {Calamus}, n., 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flag \Flag\, v. t.
To furnish or deck out with flags.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flag \Flag\ (fl[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flagged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Flagging}.] [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flag \Flag\ (fl[a^]g), v. t.
1. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into
feebleness; as, to flag the wings. --prior.

2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.

Nothing so flags the spirits. --Echard.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flag \Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D.
vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.]
1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.

2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to
indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask
information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved
by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors;
as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.

3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of
certain hawks, owls, etc.
(b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
(c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.

{Black flag}. See under {Black}.

{Flag captain}, {Flag leutenant}, etc., special officers
attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.

{Flag officer}, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an
admiral, or commodore.

{Flag of truse}, a white flag carried or displayed to an
enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose
of making some communication not hostile.

{Flag share}, the flag officer's share of prize money.

{Flag station} (Railroad), a station at which trains do not
stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or
waved.

{National flag}, a flag of a particular country, on which
some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.

{Red flag}, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of
danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.

{To dip, the flag}, to mlower it and quickly restore it to
its place; -- done as a mark of respect.

{To hang out the white flag}, to ask truce or quarter, or, in
some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a
white flag.

{To hang the flag} {half-mast high or half-staff}, to raise
it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign
of mourning.

{To} {strike, or lower}, {the flag}, to haul it down, in
token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of
surrender.

{Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag of all nations; also
carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious
disease is on board.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flag \Flag\, n. [Icel. flaga, cf. Icel. flag spot where a turf
has been cut out, and E. flake layer, scale. Cf. {Floe}.]
1. A flat stone used for paving. --Woodward.

2. (Geol.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which
splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flag \Flag\, v. t. [From {Flag} an ensign.]
1. To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.

2. To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to
flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flag \Flag\, v. t.
To lay with flags of flat stones.

The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble.
--Sandys.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

flag
n 1: emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of
distinctive design
2: an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality [syn: {national
flag}, {ensign}]
3: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing
bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three
drooping sepals [syn: {iris}, {fleur-de-lis}, {sword lily}]
4: a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
[syn: {signal flag}]
5: flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf
green [syn: {pin}]
6: stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving
stones [syn: {flagstone}]
7: a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
v 1: communicate or signal with a flag
2: provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize
it immediately"
3: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss
of tautness [syn: {sag}, {droop}, {swag}]
4: decorate with flags, as of buildings
5: become less intense [syn: {ease up}, {ease off}, {slacken
off}, {slack off}]


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