Flag (flag), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging (?).] [Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an ensign.]
1.
To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast.
T. Moore.
2.
To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.
The pleasures of the town begin to flag.
Swift.
Syn. -- To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.
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Flag (flag), v. t.
1.
To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings. prior.
2.
To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.
Nothing so flags the spirits.
Echard.
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Flag, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See Flag to hang loose.]
1.
That which flags or hangs down loosely.
2.
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.
3. (Zoöl.)
(a)
A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
(b)
A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
(c)
The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
Black flag. See under Black. --
Flag captain, Flag leutenant, etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer. --
Flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. --
Flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile. --
Flag share, the flag officer's share of prize money. --
Flag station (Railroad), a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved. --
National flag, a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned. --
Red flag, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists. --
To dip, the flag, to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; -- done as a mark of respect. --
To hang out the white flag, to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag. --
To hang the flag half-mast high or half- staff, to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning. --
To strike, or lower, the flag, to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender. --
Yellow flag, the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.
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Flag, v. t. [From Flag an ensign.]
1.
To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.
2.
To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
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Flag, n. [From Flag to hang loose, to bend down.] (Bot.)
An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
Cooper's flag, the cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. --
Corn flag. See under 2d Corn. --
Flag broom, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. --
Flag root, the root of the sweet flag. --
Sweet flag. See Calamus, n., 2.
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Flag, v. t.
To furnish or deck out with flags.
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Flag, n. [Icel. flaga, cf. Icel. flag spot where a turf has been cut out, and E. flake layer, scale. Cf. Floe.]
1.
A flat stone used for paving. Woodward.
2. (Geol.)
Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
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Flag, v. t.
To lay with flags of flat stones.
The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble.
Sandys.
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Flag, n. (Zoöl.)
One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag feather.
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Flag, v. t.
To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.
The antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag.
T. Roosevelt.
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