Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flagged"

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.


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