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n. [ L., fr. afflare. See Afflation. ] 1. A breath or blast of wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

A poet writing against his genius will be like a prophet without his afflatus. Spence. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flame. ] In flames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + flat. ] Level with the ground; flat. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flaunt. ] In a flaunting state or position. Copley. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A sterile plain, containing an excess of alkali, at the bottom of an undrained basin in an arid region; a playa. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Oriflamme. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To flatter excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + flabellate. ] (Zool.) Flabellate on both sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + flagellate. ] Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation; -- called also vitamin P and citrin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities with Anam, 1873-85. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

See Cotton flannel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. circumflans, p. pr. of circumflare. ] Blowing around. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conflagrans, p. pr. of conflagrare; con- + flagrare to blaze. See Flagrant. ] Burning together in a common flame. [ R. ] “The conflagrant mass.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conflagratio: cf. F. conflagration. ] A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conflated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conflating. ] [ L. conflatus, p. p. of conflare to blow together; con- + flare to blow. ] 1. To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The State-General, created and conflated by the passionate effort of the whole nation. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to ignore distinctions between, by treating two or more distinguishable objects or ideas as one; to confuse. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. conflatio. ] 1. A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a fusing together; merger of two or more things or ideas into one. [ PJC ]

n. (Chem.) The state or quality of being deflagrable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ready deflagrability . . . of saltpeter. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Deflagrate. ] (Chem.) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Deflagrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deflagrating. ] [ L. deflagratus, p. p. of deflagrare to burn up; de- + flagrare to flame, burn. ] (Chem.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Chem.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deflagratio: cf. F. déflagration. ] 1. A burning up; conflagration. “Innumerable deluges and deflagrations.” Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) The act or process of deflagrating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. de- down + L. flare, flatus to blow. ] To reduce from an inflated condition; used literally and metaphorically; as, to deflate a tire; to deflate expectations. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. 1. brought low in spirit. left us fatigued and deflated spiritually
Syn. -- chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the act or process of deflating. [ PJC ]

2. a fall in the average prices of goods and services; -- usually associated with contraction of economic activity. Opposite of inflation. Compare disinflation. [ PJC ]

3. the reduction of available credit or a contraction of economic activity resulting from or associated with a decline of prices. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. the act of letting the air out of something. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

5. (Geol.) the erosion of land structures such as sand or soil due to the action of wind. RHUD [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to deflation; as, deflationary signs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Economics) associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money; as, deflationary measures. Opposite of inflationary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars; as, the GNP deflator.. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. [ After Sir James Dewar, British physicist. ] A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, liquid nitrogen, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according to the particular shape,
Dewar bulb,
Dewar tube, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ LL. difflatio, fr. L. difflare, difflatum, to disperse by blowing. ] A blowing apart or away. [ Obs. ] Bailey.

n. and order of plankton, in some classifications it is considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others it is included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta. Its members usually have two flagella, one of which extends from its center.
Syn. -- order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a member of the Dinoflagellata, chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella. The dinoflagellates form a chief constituent of plankton. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To divest of flame or ardor. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a reduction in the rate of price increases; a lessening of inflationary pressure. [ PJC ]

2. a reduction of the value of a currency in international exchange markets caused by a government; -- usually done as a means to improve the country's international balance of payments. [ PJC ]

{ , n. [ See Drove. ] (Law) An ancient yearly payment made by some tenants to the king, or to their landlords, for the privilege of driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm. On some hats the earflaps may be adjusted or tied to the top of the hat, and lowered when needed in colder weather.
Syn. -- earlap. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

(Min.) A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. efflagitatus, p. p. of efflagitare. ] To ask urgently. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. efflatus, p. p. of efflare to blow or breathe out; ex + flare to blow. ] To fill with breath; to puff up. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

A soft efflation of celestial fire. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fairyland. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. exsufflare to blow at or upon; ex out + sufflare. See Sufflate. ] (Eccles.) To exorcise or renounce by blowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. exsufflatio. ] 1. A blast from beneath. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccles.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physiol.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A blinder on a horse's bridle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fire + Prov. E. flaire a ray. ] (Zool.) A European sting ray of the genus Trygon (T. pastinaca); -- called also fireflare and fiery flaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European band fish (Cepola rubescens). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Loose or flaccid body fat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Cf. Flap, and Aghast. ] To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [ Jocular ] Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]