_Flagg_, c. a Groat; also a coarse rough Stone us’d in Paving. _To Flagg_, to fall off, droop, decline, or fail; also to suspend or let fall a Suit or Prosecution. _The Flag of Defiance is out_, (among the Tarrs) the Fellow’s Face is very Red, and he is Drunk. _Flam_, a Trick, or Sham-story. _Flanderkin_, a very large Fat Man or Horse; also Natives of that Country. _Flanders-fortunes_, of small Substance. _Flanders-pieces_, Pictures that look fair at a distance, but coarser near at Hand. _Flapdragon_, a Clap or Pox. _Flare_, to Shine or glare like a Comet or Beacon. _Flash_, c. a Periwig. _Rum Flash_, c. a long, full, high-priz’d Wig. _Queer Flash_, c. a sorry weather-beaten Wig, not worth Stealing, fit only to put on a Pole or dress a Scare-Crow. _Flash-ken_, c. a House where Thieves use, and are connived at. _Flasque_, a Bottle (or it’s resemblance) of Sand, bound about with Iron, into which the melted Metal is by Coyners and others poured; also a Pottle or five Pints and half, that quantity, formerly of _Florence_, now of any Wine; A Box for Gun-powder; a Carriage for Ordinance; an Arch-line somewhat distant from the corner of the Chief, and swelling by degrees toward the middle of the Escutcheon. _Flat_, dead Drink; also dull Poetry or Discourse. _Flavour_, Scent of Fruits; as Peaches, Quinces, _&c._ Or of Wines, as Rhenish, Canary, _&c._ _Flaunting_, tearing-fine. _To Flaunt it_, to Spark it, or Gallant it. _Flaw_, a water-flaw and a crack in Chrystals, as well as a speck in Gemms and Stones. _Flaw’d_, c. Drunk. _Flay_, to flea or skinn. _He’ll flay a Flint_, of a meer _Scrat_ or _Miser_. _Flear_, to grinn. _A Flearing Fool_, a grinning silly Fellow. _Fleece_, to Rob, Plunder or Strip; also Wooll, the true Golden-Fleece of _England_, a clear Spring, or Flowing Fountain of Wealth. _Fleet_, swift of Wing or Foot, in flight or Course, used not only of Birds upon the Wing, but of winged Arrows, resembling them in Flight. _Flegmatic_, dull, heavy. _A Flegmatic Fellow_, a drowsy insipid Tool, an ill Companion. _Flesh-broker_, a Match-maker; also a Bawd; between whom but little difference, for they both (usually) take Money. _Flibustiers_, West-Indian Pirates, or Buckaneers, Free-booters. _Flicker_, c. a Drinking Glass. _Flicker snapt_, c. the Glass is broken. _Nim the Flicker_, c. Steal the Glass. _Rum Flicker_, c. a large Glass or Rummer. _Queer Flicker_, c. a Green or ordinary Glass. _To Flicker_, to grin or flout. _Flickering_, grinning or laughing in a Man’s Face. _Flicking_, c. to cut, cutting. _Flick me some Panam and Cash_, c. cut me some Bread and Cheese. _Flick the Peeter_, c. cut off the Cloak-bag or Port-manteau. _Flip_, Sea Drink, of small Beer, (chiefly) and Brandy, sweetned and Spiced upon occasion: _A Kan of Sir. Clously_, is among the Tarrs, a Kan of choice Flip, with a Lemon squeez’d in, and the Pill hung round. _Flippant_, pert and full of Prattle. _Flimsy_, flabby, not firm, sound or solid.