FLAG

noun a flat stone used for paving.

2. flag ·vt to lay with flags of flat stones.

3. flag ·vt to furnish or deck out with flags.

4. flag ·noun that which flags or hangs down loosely.

5. flag ·noun the bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.

6. flag ·vt to signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.

7. flag ·noun a group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.

8. flag ·vt to enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.

9. flag ·noun a group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, ·etc.

10. flag ·vt to let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.

11. flag ·noun any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

12. flag ·add. ·noun one of the wing feathers next the body of a bird;

— called also flag feather.

13. flag ·noun an aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera iris and acorus.

14. flag ·vi to hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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

xvi. flag ·add. ·vt to decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.

xvii. flag ·vi to droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.

xviii. flag ·noun 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.