n. The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.
v. t. [ AS. flēman, fl&ymacr_;man. ] To banish; to drive out; to expel. [ Obs. ] “Appetite flemeth discretion.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, banishes or expels. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A native or inhabitant of Flanders. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings. --
Flemish accounts (Naut.),
Flemish beauty (Bot.),
Flemish bond. (Arch.)
Flemish brick,
Flemish coil,
Flemish eye (Naut.),
Flemish horse (Naut.),
n.;
n. The act of ruffling. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. saus salt (L. salsus) + flemme phlegm. ] Having a red, pimpled face. [ Obs. ]
a. See Sauseflem. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., a whistling or hissing. ] The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation. [ Obs. ] A. Brewer. [ 1913 Webster ]