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fling
(mass)
fling
- flung/flung
fling
(msas)
fling
- flung, flung
fling
(msasasci)
fling
- flung, flung
fling
(encz)
fling,fling/flung/flung v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
fling
(encz)
fling,mrštit v: Zdeněk Brož
fling
(encz)
fling,pokus n: Jiří Dadák
fling
(encz)
fling,úlet n: Pino
Fling
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung
(fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen,
flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride
furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl[aum]nga to romp,
Dan. flenge to slash.]
1. 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.
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'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
--Dryden.
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He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
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I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. --Addison.
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2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
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The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. --Milton.
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Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
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3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
litigation.
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His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
--Walpole.
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To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

To fling away, to reject; to discard.
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Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.


To fling down.
(a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
challenge.
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This question so flung down before the guests, .
. .
Was handed over by consent of all
To me who had not spoken. --Tennyson.
(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.

To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
a few days' work.

To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
also, to get rid of. --Addison.

To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
violence; as, to fling open a door.

To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.

To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
design.
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Fling
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\, v. i.
1. To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to
kick and fling.
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2. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer;
as, the scold began to flout and fling.
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3. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush
or spring with violence or haste.
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And crop-full, out of doors he flings. --Milton.
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I flung closer to his breast,
As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath.
--Mrs.
Browning.
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To fling out, to become ugly and intractable; to utter
sneers and insinuations.
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Fling
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\, n.
1. A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick;
as, the fling of a horse.
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2. A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of
sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
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I, who love to have a fling,
Both at senate house and king. --Swift.
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3. A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.
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4. A trifing matter; an object of contempt. [Obs.]
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England were but a fling
Save for the crooked stick and the gray goose wing.
--Old Proverb.
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5. a short period during which one indulges one's wishes,
whims, or desires in an unrestrained manner.
[PJC]

6. a love affair.
[PJC]

7. a casual or brief attempt to accomplish something.
[informal]

Syn: shot.
[PJC]

8. a period during which one tries a new activity; as, he
took a fling at playing tennis.
[PJC]

To have one's fling, to enjoy one's self to the full; to
have a season of dissipation. --J. H. Newman. "When I was
as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of
pleasure." --D. Jerrold.
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fling
(wn)
fling
n 1: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave
it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl,
offer]
2: a brief indulgence of your impulses [syn: spree, fling]
3: the act of flinging
v 1: throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"
2: move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto
the sofa"
3: indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV" [syn: splurge,
fling]
4: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard,
fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, {cast
aside}, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away,
cast away, put away]
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fling
(mass)
fling
- flung/flung
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(msas)
fling
- flung, flung
fling
(msasasci)
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- flung, flung
baffling
(encz)
baffling,nepochopitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož
fling
(encz)
fling,fling/flung/flung v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladfling,mrštit v: Zdeněk Brožfling,pokus n: Jiří Dadákfling,úlet n: Pino
fling off
(encz)
fling off, v:
fling out
(encz)
fling out,vymrštit v: Zdeněk Brož
have a fling
(encz)
have a fling,
highland fling
(encz)
highland fling, n:
muffling
(encz)
muffling,tlumení n: Zdeněk Brož
piffling
(encz)
piffling,malicherný adj: Zdeněk Brož
portfolio reshuffling
(encz)
portfolio reshuffling,
reshuffling
(encz)
reshuffling,
rifling
(encz)
rifling,žlábkování n: Zdeněk Brož
ruffling
(encz)
ruffling,
scuffling
(encz)
scuffling,
shuffling
(encz)
shuffling,míchání n: Zdeněk Brož
sniffling
(encz)
sniffling,
snuffling
(encz)
snuffling,
stifling
(encz)
stifling,dusný adj: Zdeněk Brožstifling,potlačující adj: Zdeněk Brož
stiflingly
(encz)
stiflingly,
trifling
(encz)
trifling,bezvýznamný adj: Zdeněk Brož
fling/flung/flung
(czen)
fling/flung/flung,flingv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladfling/flung/flung,flungv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
Baffling
(gcide)
Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[a^]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baffled
(-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Baffling (-fl[i^]ng).] [Cf.
Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch
tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or
b[=a]gr, n., struggle, b[ae]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.
beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b[aum]ppe mouth,
beffen to bark, chide.]
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1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a
recreant knight. [Obs.]
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He by the heels him hung upon a tree,
And baffled so, that all which passed by
The picture of his punishment might see. --Spenser.
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2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
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The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.
--Cowper.
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3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or
defeat; to thwart. "A baffled purpose." --De Quincey.
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A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them
all. --South.
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Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until
within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened
nations. --Prescott.
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The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle
us. --Locke.
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Baffling wind (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one
point to another.
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Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.
[1913 Webster]Baffling \Baf"fling\ (b[a^]f"fl[i^]ng), a.
Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling
currents, winds, tasks. -- Baff"ling*ly, adv. --
Baff"ling*ness, n.
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Baffling wind
(gcide)
Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[a^]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baffled
(-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Baffling (-fl[i^]ng).] [Cf.
Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch
tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or
b[=a]gr, n., struggle, b[ae]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.
beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b[aum]ppe mouth,
beffen to bark, chide.]
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1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a
recreant knight. [Obs.]
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He by the heels him hung upon a tree,
And baffled so, that all which passed by
The picture of his punishment might see. --Spenser.
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2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
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The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.
--Cowper.
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3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or
defeat; to thwart. "A baffled purpose." --De Quincey.
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A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them
all. --South.
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Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until
within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened
nations. --Prescott.
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The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle
us. --Locke.
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Baffling wind (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one
point to another.
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Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.
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Bafflingly
(gcide)
Baffling \Baf"fling\ (b[a^]f"fl[i^]ng), a.
Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling
currents, winds, tasks. -- Baff"ling*ly, adv. --
Baff"ling*ness, n.
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Bafflingness
(gcide)
Baffling \Baf"fling\ (b[a^]f"fl[i^]ng), a.
Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling
currents, winds, tasks. -- Baff"ling*ly, adv. --
Baff"ling*ness, n.
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Dwarfling
(gcide)
Dwarfling \Dwarf"ling\, n.
A diminutive dwarf.
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Figure flinger
(gcide)
Figure \Fig"ure\ (f[i^]g"[-u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura;
akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See Feign.]
1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
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Flowers have all exquisite figures. --Bacon.
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2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting,
modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a
representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze;
a figure cut in marble.
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A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak.
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3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article;
a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a
pretty figure.
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4. (Geom.) A diagram or drawing, made to represent a
magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a
surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called
superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when
inclosed by surfaces; any arrangement made up of points,
lines, angles, surfaces, etc.
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5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career
of a person; as, a sorry figure.
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I made some figure there. --Dryden.
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Gentlemen of the best figure in the county.
--Blackstone.
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6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous
representation; splendor; show.
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That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law.
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7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a
digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
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8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are
estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.]
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With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest
figure. --Thackeray.
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9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to
another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes
a type or representative.
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Who is the figure of Him that was to come. --Rom. v.
14.
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10. (Rhet.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas
by words which suggest pictures or images from the
physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any
deviation from the plainest form of statement. Also
called a figure of speech.
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To represent the imagination under the figure of a
wing. --Macaulay.
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11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the
relative position of the middle term.
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12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or
movements made by a dancer.
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13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the
astrological houses. --Johnson.
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14. (Music)
(a) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as
a group of chords, which produce a single complete
and distinct impression. --Grove.
(b) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a
strain or passage; a musical phrase or motive; a
florid embellishment.
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Note: Figures are often written upon the staff in music to
denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the
form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many
notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained
in one measure or bar. Thus, 2/4 signifies that the
measure contains two quarter notes. The following are
the principal figures used for this purpose: --
2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8
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Academy figure, Canceled figures, Lay figure, etc. See
under Academy, Cancel, Lay, etc.

Figure caster, or Figure flinger, an astrologer. "This
figure caster." --Milton.

Figure flinging, the practice of astrology.

Figure-of-eight knot, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See
Illust. under Knot.

Figure painting, a picture of the human figure, or the act
or art of depicting the human figure.

Figure stone (Min.), agalmatolite.

Figure weaving, the art or process of weaving figured
fabrics.

To cut a figure, to make a display. [Colloq.] --Sir W.
Scott.
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Figure flinging
(gcide)
Figure \Fig"ure\ (f[i^]g"[-u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura;
akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See Feign.]
1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
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Flowers have all exquisite figures. --Bacon.
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2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting,
modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a
representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze;
a figure cut in marble.
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A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak.
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3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article;
a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a
pretty figure.
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4. (Geom.) A diagram or drawing, made to represent a
magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a
surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called
superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when
inclosed by surfaces; any arrangement made up of points,
lines, angles, surfaces, etc.
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5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career
of a person; as, a sorry figure.
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I made some figure there. --Dryden.
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Gentlemen of the best figure in the county.
--Blackstone.
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6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous
representation; splendor; show.
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That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law.
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7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a
digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
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8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are
estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.]
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With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest
figure. --Thackeray.
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9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to
another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes
a type or representative.
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Who is the figure of Him that was to come. --Rom. v.
14.
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10. (Rhet.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas
by words which suggest pictures or images from the
physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any
deviation from the plainest form of statement. Also
called a figure of speech.
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To represent the imagination under the figure of a
wing. --Macaulay.
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11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the
relative position of the middle term.
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12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or
movements made by a dancer.
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13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the
astrological houses. --Johnson.
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14. (Music)
(a) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as
a group of chords, which produce a single complete
and distinct impression. --Grove.
(b) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a
strain or passage; a musical phrase or motive; a
florid embellishment.
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Note: Figures are often written upon the staff in music to
denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the
form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many
notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained
in one measure or bar. Thus, 2/4 signifies that the
measure contains two quarter notes. The following are
the principal figures used for this purpose: --
2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8
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Academy figure, Canceled figures, Lay figure, etc. See
under Academy, Cancel, Lay, etc.

Figure caster, or Figure flinger, an astrologer. "This
figure caster." --Milton.

Figure flinging, the practice of astrology.

Figure-of-eight knot, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See
Illust. under Knot.

Figure painting, a picture of the human figure, or the act
or art of depicting the human figure.

Figure stone (Min.), agalmatolite.

Figure weaving, the art or process of weaving figured
fabrics.

To cut a figure, to make a display. [Colloq.] --Sir W.
Scott.
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Flingdust
(gcide)
Flingdust \Fling"dust`\, n.
One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner.
[Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Flinger
(gcide)
Flinger \Fling"er\, n.
One who flings; one who jeers.
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Flinging
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung
(fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen,
flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride
furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl[aum]nga to romp,
Dan. flenge to slash.]
1. 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.
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'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
--Dryden.
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He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
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I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. --Addison.
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2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
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The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. --Milton.
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Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
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3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
litigation.
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His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
--Walpole.
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To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

To fling away, to reject; to discard.
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Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.


To fling down.
(a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
challenge.
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This question so flung down before the guests, .
. .
Was handed over by consent of all
To me who had not spoken. --Tennyson.
(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.

To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
a few days' work.

To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
also, to get rid of. --Addison.

To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
violence; as, to fling open a door.

To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.

To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
design.
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Highland fling
(gcide)
Highland \High"land\, n.
Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated
region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.
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Highland fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish
Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.
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Muffling
(gcide)
Muffle \Muf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muffling.] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel
a muff. See Muff.]
1. To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to
wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds;
hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to
inclose; -- often with up. --South.
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The face lies muffled up within the garment.
--Addison.
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He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. --Dryden.
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Muffled up in darkness and superstition.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound
about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
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3. To wrap or fit with something that dulls or deadens the
sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that
part of an oar which rests in the rowlock; to muffle the
exhaust of a motor vehicle.
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Nerfling
(gcide)
Nerfling \Nerf"ling\, n. (Zool.)
The id.
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Outfling
(gcide)
Outfling \Out"fling`\, n.
A gibe; a contemptuous remark.
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Piffling
(gcide)
Piffle \Pif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Piffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Piffling.]
To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk
triflingly or ineffectively; to talk nonsense or about
trivial matters; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or Slang]

Syn: chatter, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack,
maunder, prattle, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

2. To act in a trivial or ineffective way.
[WordNet 1.5]
Purfling
(gcide)
Purfling \Pur"fling\, n.
Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the
inlaid border of a musical instrument, as a violin.
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Raffling
(gcide)
Raffle \Raf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raffled (r[a^]f"f'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Raffling (r[a^]f"fl[i^]ng).]
To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
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Rifling
(gcide)
Rifle \Ri"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rifling.] [F. rifler to rifle, sweep away; of uncertain
origin. CF. Raff.]
1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry
off.
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Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. --Pope.
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2. To strip; to rob; to pillage. --Piers Plowman.
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Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye:
If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you. --Shak.
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3. To raffle. [Obs.] --J. Webster.
[1913 Webster]Rifling \Ri"fling\, n.
(a) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled
cannon or gun barrel.
(b) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.
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Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the
groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate
loading with shot having projections which enter by the
deeper part of the grooves.
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Ruffling
(gcide)
Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ruffling.] [From Ruff a plaited collar, a drum beat, a
tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.]
1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers,
plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
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2. To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
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3. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by
agitation or commotion.
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The fantastic revelries . . . that so often ruffled
the placid bosom of the Nile. --I. Taylor.
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She smoothed the ruffled seas. --Dryden.
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4. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
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[the swan] ruffles her pure cold plume. --Tennyson.
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5. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
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6. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
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These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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But, ever after, the small violence done
Rankled in him and ruffled all his heart.
--Tennyson.
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7. To throw into disorder or confusion.
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Where best
He might the ruffled foe infest. --Hudibras.
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8. To throw together in a disorderly manner. [R.]
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I ruffled up falen leaves in heap. --Chapman
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To ruffle the feathers of, to exite the resentment of; to
irritate.
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Scuffling
(gcide)
Scuffle \Scuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scuffling.] [Freq. of scuff, v.i.; cf. Sw. skuffa to
push, shove, skuff a push, Dan. skuffe a drawer, a shovel,
and E. shuffle, shove. See Shove, and cf. Shuffle.]
1. To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in
a rough fashion.
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2. Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle
confusedly or at haphazard.
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A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage
in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with
an undisciplined rabble. --Eikon
Basilike.
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Shuffling
(gcide)
Shuffle \Shuf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shuffling.] [Originally the same word as scuffle, and
properly a freq. of shove. See Shove, and Scuffle.]
1. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to
another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.
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2. To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into
disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of,
as of the cards in a pack.
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A man may shuffle cards or rattle dice from noon to
midnight without tracing a new idea in his mind.
--Rombler.
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3. To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
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It was contrived by your enemies, and shuffled into
the papers that were seizen. --Dryden.
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To shuffe off, to push off; to rid one's self of.

To shuffe up, to throw together in hastel to make up or
form in confusion or with fraudulent disorder; as, he
shuffled up a peace.
[1913 Webster]Shuffling \Shuf"fling\, a.
1. Moving with a dragging, scraping step. "A shuffling nag."
--Shak.
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2. Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse. --T. Burnet.
[1913 Webster]Shuffling \Shuf"fling\, v.
In a shuffling manner.
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Shunt rifling
(gcide)
Rifling \Ri"fling\, n.
(a) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled
cannon or gun barrel.
(b) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.
[1913 Webster]

Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the
groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate
loading with shot having projections which enter by the
deeper part of the grooves.
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Skiffling
(gcide)
Skiffling \Skif"fling\, n. (Quarrying)
Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections;
knobbing.
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Snaffling
(gcide)
Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snaffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Snaffling.]
To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle;
to bridle.
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Snuffling
(gcide)
Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Snuffling.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,
G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]vle. Cf.
Sniffle.]
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when
it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
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One clad in purple
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
--Dryden.
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Stifling
(gcide)
Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stifling.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[imac]fla
to dam up.]
1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the
windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into
the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of
by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
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Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
--Dryden.
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I took my leave, being half stifled with the
closeness of the room. --Swift.
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2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
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Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I.
Newton.
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3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
stifle passion.
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I desire only to have things fairly represented as
they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
--Waterland.
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To fling about
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung
(fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen,
flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride
furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl[aum]nga to romp,
Dan. flenge to slash.]
1. 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.
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'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
--Dryden.
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He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
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I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. --Addison.
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2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
[1913 Webster]

The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. --Milton.
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Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
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3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
litigation.
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His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
--Walpole.
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To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

To fling away, to reject; to discard.
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Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.


To fling down.
(a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
challenge.
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This question so flung down before the guests, .
. .
Was handed over by consent of all
To me who had not spoken. --Tennyson.
(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.

To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
a few days' work.

To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
also, to get rid of. --Addison.

To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
violence; as, to fling open a door.

To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.

To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
design.
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To fling away
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung
(fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen,
flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride
furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl[aum]nga to romp,
Dan. flenge to slash.]
1. 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.
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'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
--Dryden.
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He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
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I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. --Addison.
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2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
[1913 Webster]

The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. --Milton.
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Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
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3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
litigation.
[1913 Webster]

His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
--Walpole.
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To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

To fling away, to reject; to discard.
[1913 Webster]

Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.


To fling down.
(a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
challenge.
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This question so flung down before the guests, .
. .
Was handed over by consent of all
To me who had not spoken. --Tennyson.
(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.

To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
a few days' work.

To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
also, to get rid of. --Addison.

To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
violence; as, to fling open a door.

To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.

To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
design.
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To fling down
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung
(fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen,
flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride
furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl[aum]nga to romp,
Dan. flenge to slash.]
1. 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.
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'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. --Addison.
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2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
[1913 Webster]

The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. --Milton.
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Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
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3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
litigation.
[1913 Webster]

His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
--Walpole.
[1913 Webster]

To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

To fling away, to reject; to discard.
[1913 Webster]

Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.


To fling down.
(a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
challenge.
[1913 Webster]

This question so flung down before the guests, .
. .
Was handed over by consent of all
To me who had not spoken. --Tennyson.
(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.

To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
a few days' work.

To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
also, to get rid of. --Addison.

To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
violence; as, to fling open a door.

To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.

To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
design.
[1913 Webster]
To fling in
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung
(fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen,
flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride
furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl[aum]nga to romp,
Dan. flenge to slash.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]

2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
[1913 Webster]

The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
litigation.
[1913 Webster]

His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
--Walpole.
[1913 Webster]

To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

To fling away, to reject; to discard.
[1913 Webster]

Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.


To fling down.
(a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
challenge.
[1913 Webster]

This question so flung down before the guests, .
. .
Was handed over by consent of all
To me who had not spoken. --Tennyson.
(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.

To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
a few days' work.

To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
also, to get rid of. --Addison.

To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
violence; as, to fling open a door.

To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.

To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
design.
[1913 Webster]
To fling off
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung
(fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen,
flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride
furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl[aum]nga to romp,
Dan. flenge to slash.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]

2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
[1913 Webster]

The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
litigation.
[1913 Webster]

His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
--Walpole.
[1913 Webster]

To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

To fling away, to reject; to discard.
[1913 Webster]

Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.


To fling down.
(a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
challenge.
[1913 Webster]

This question so flung down before the guests, .
. .
Was handed over by consent of all
To me who had not spoken. --Tennyson.
(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.

To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
a few days' work.

To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
also, to get rid of. --Addison.

To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
violence; as, to fling open a door.

To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.

To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
design.
[1913 Webster]
To fling open
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung
(fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen,
flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride
furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl[aum]nga to romp,
Dan. flenge to slash.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]

2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
[1913 Webster]

The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
litigation.
[1913 Webster]

His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
--Walpole.
[1913 Webster]

To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

To fling away, to reject; to discard.
[1913 Webster]

Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.


To fling down.
(a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
challenge.
[1913 Webster]

This question so flung down before the guests, .
. .
Was handed over by consent of all
To me who had not spoken. --Tennyson.
(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.

To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
a few days' work.

To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
also, to get rid of. --Addison.

To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
violence; as, to fling open a door.

To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.

To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
design.
[1913 Webster]
To fling out
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung
(fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen,
flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride
furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl[aum]nga to romp,
Dan. flenge to slash.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]

2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
[1913 Webster]

The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
litigation.
[1913 Webster]

His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
--Walpole.
[1913 Webster]

To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

To fling away, to reject; to discard.
[1913 Webster]

Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.


To fling down.
(a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
challenge.
[1913 Webster]

This question so flung down before the guests, .
. .
Was handed over by consent of all
To me who had not spoken. --Tennyson.
(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.

To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
a few days' work.

To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
also, to get rid of. --Addison.

To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
violence; as, to fling open a door.

To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.

To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
design.
[1913 Webster]Fling \Fling\, v. i.
1. To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to
kick and fling.
[1913 Webster]

2. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer;
as, the scold began to flout and fling.
[1913 Webster]

3. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush
or spring with violence or haste.
[1913 Webster]

And crop-full, out of doors he flings. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

I flung closer to his breast,
As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath.
--Mrs.
Browning.
[1913 Webster]

To fling out, to become ugly and intractable; to utter
sneers and insinuations.
[1913 Webster]
To fling up
(gcide)
Fling \Fling\ (fl[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung
(fl[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] [OE. flingen,
flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride
furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. fl[aum]nga to romp,
Dan. flenge to slash.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
--Dryden.
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He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
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I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire. --Addison.
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2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
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The sun begins to fling
His flaring beams. --Milton.
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Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
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3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
litigation.
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His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
--Walpole.
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To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

To fling away, to reject; to discard.
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Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
--Shak.


To fling down.
(a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
challenge.
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This question so flung down before the guests, .
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Was handed over by consent of all
To me who had not spoken. --Tennyson.
(b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.

To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
a few days' work.

To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
also, to get rid of. --Addison.

To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
violence; as, to fling open a door.

To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.

To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
design.
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