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Beflatter
Beflatter Be*flat"ter, v. t.
To flatter excessively.
FlattedFlat Flat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flatted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flatting.]
1. To make flat; to flatten; to level.
2. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted.
--Barrow.
3. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to
lower in pitch by half a tone. FlattenFlatten Flat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattening.] [From Flat, a.]
1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;
to make flat; to level; to make plane.
2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;
hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.
3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less
sharp; to let fall from the pitch.
To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly
fore-and-aft of the vessel.
Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which
split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass. Flatten
Flatten Flat"ten, v. i.
To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid,
spiritless, or depressed below pitch.
FlattenedFlatten Flat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattening.] [From Flat, a.]
1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;
to make flat; to level; to make plane.
2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;
hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.
3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less
sharp; to let fall from the pitch.
To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly
fore-and-aft of the vessel.
Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which
split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass. FlatteningFlatten Flat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattening.] [From Flat, a.]
1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;
to make flat; to level; to make plane.
2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;
hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.
3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less
sharp; to let fall from the pitch.
To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly
fore-and-aft of the vessel.
Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which
split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass. Flattening ovenFlatten Flat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattening.] [From Flat, a.]
1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;
to make flat; to level; to make plane.
2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;
hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.
3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less
sharp; to let fall from the pitch.
To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly
fore-and-aft of the vessel.
Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which
split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass. Flatter
Flatter Flat"ter, v. i.
To use flattery or insincere praise.
If it may stand him more in stead to lie, Say and
unsay, feign, flatter, or adjure. --Milton.
Flatter
Flatter Flat"ter, n.
1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.
2. (Metal Working)
(a) A flat-faced fulling hammer.
(b) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for
drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
FlatterFlatter Flat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattering.] [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin
to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. fla?ra to fawn, flatter: cf.
F. flatter. Cf. Flitter, Flutter, Flattery.]
1. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or
attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by
artful and interested commendation or attentions; to
blandish; to cajole; to wheedle.
When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he
does, being then most flattered. --Shak.
A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net
for his feet. --Prov. xxix.
5.
Others he flattered by asking their advice.
--Prescott.
2. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but
sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.
3. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of;
as, his portrait flatters him. FlatteredFlatter Flat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattering.] [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin
to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. fla?ra to fawn, flatter: cf.
F. flatter. Cf. Flitter, Flutter, Flattery.]
1. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or
attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by
artful and interested commendation or attentions; to
blandish; to cajole; to wheedle.
When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he
does, being then most flattered. --Shak.
A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net
for his feet. --Prov. xxix.
5.
Others he flattered by asking their advice.
--Prescott.
2. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but
sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.
3. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of;
as, his portrait flatters him. Flatterer
Flatterer Flat"ter*er, n.
One who flatters.
The most abject flaterers degenerate into the greatest
tyrants. --Addison.
FlatteriesFlattery Flat"ter*y, n.; pl. Flatteries. [OE. flaterie, OF.
flaterie, F. flaterie, fr. flater to flatter, F. flatter; of
uncertain origin. See Flatter, v. t.]
The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by
artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false,
insincere, or excessive praise.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
--Rambler.
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
--Burke.
Syn: Adulation; compliment; obsequiousness. See Adulation. Flattering
Flattering Flat"ter*ing, a.
That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a
flattering speech.
Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. --Shak.
A flattering painter, who made it his care, To draw men
as they ought be, not as they are. --Goldsmith.
FlatteringFlatter Flat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattering.] [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin
to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. fla?ra to fawn, flatter: cf.
F. flatter. Cf. Flitter, Flutter, Flattery.]
1. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or
attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by
artful and interested commendation or attentions; to
blandish; to cajole; to wheedle.
When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he
does, being then most flattered. --Shak.
A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net
for his feet. --Prov. xxix.
5.
Others he flattered by asking their advice.
--Prescott.
2. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but
sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.
3. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of;
as, his portrait flatters him. Flatteringly
Flatteringly Flat"ter*ing*ly, adv.
With flattery.
FlatteryFlattery Flat"ter*y, n.; pl. Flatteries. [OE. flaterie, OF.
flaterie, F. flaterie, fr. flater to flatter, F. flatter; of
uncertain origin. See Flatter, v. t.]
The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by
artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false,
insincere, or excessive praise.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
--Rambler.
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
--Burke.
Syn: Adulation; compliment; obsequiousness. See Adulation. FlattingFlat Flat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flatted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flatting.]
1. To make flat; to flatten; to level.
2. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted.
--Barrow.
3. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to
lower in pitch by half a tone. FlattingFlatting Flat"ting, n.
1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of
glass by opening it out.
2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with
turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. --Gwilt.
3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching
with size. --Knolles.
4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it
between rolls.
Flatting coat, a coat of paint so put on as to have no
gloss.
Flatting furnace. Same as flattening oven, under
Flatten.
Flatting mill.
(a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints,
the ribbon from which the planchets are punched.
(b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel
rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes
of ornamentation. Flatting coatFlatting Flat"ting, n.
1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of
glass by opening it out.
2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with
turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. --Gwilt.
3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching
with size. --Knolles.
4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it
between rolls.
Flatting coat, a coat of paint so put on as to have no
gloss.
Flatting furnace. Same as flattening oven, under
Flatten.
Flatting mill.
(a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints,
the ribbon from which the planchets are punched.
(b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel
rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes
of ornamentation. Flatting furnaceFlatting Flat"ting, n.
1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of
glass by opening it out.
2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with
turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. --Gwilt.
3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching
with size. --Knolles.
4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it
between rolls.
Flatting coat, a coat of paint so put on as to have no
gloss.
Flatting furnace. Same as flattening oven, under
Flatten.
Flatting mill.
(a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints,
the ribbon from which the planchets are punched.
(b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel
rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes
of ornamentation. Flatting millFlatting Flat"ting, n.
1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of
glass by opening it out.
2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with
turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. --Gwilt.
3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching
with size. --Knolles.
4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it
between rolls.
Flatting coat, a coat of paint so put on as to have no
gloss.
Flatting furnace. Same as flattening oven, under
Flatten.
Flatting mill.
(a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints,
the ribbon from which the planchets are punched.
(b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel
rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes
of ornamentation. Flattish
Flattish Flat"tish, a.
Somewhat flat. --Woodward.
Outflatter
Outflatter Out*flat"ter, v. t.
To exceed in flattering.
To flatten a sailFlatten Flat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattening.] [From Flat, a.]
1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness;
to make flat; to level; to make plane.
2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate;
hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.
3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less
sharp; to let fall from the pitch.
To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly
fore-and-aft of the vessel.
Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which
split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass.
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