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As to the Parenchymas^ they are now found to be quite other Things than the Antients imagin'd. The Lungs are only an AfTemblagc of membranous Vcficles, inflated with Air. See Lungs. The Liver a Collection of Glands, where- in the Bile is fcparated. See Liver. The Spleen, a Heap of Veficles, full of Blood ; and the Kidneys, like the Liver, a Mafs of Glands, for fcparating of the Urine. See Spleen, and Kidney.
Flesh is alfb ufed in Theology, in (peaking of the My- fteries of the Incarnation and Eucharifl ; The Word was made Flejh : Verbum Cafo fatlum eft. See Incarna- tion.
The Romanijls hold, that the Bread in the Sacrament of the Supper is turn'd into the real Flejh of Jeius Chriit. See Transubstantiatiqn.
The Rcfurrection of the Flejh is an Article of Faith. See Resurrection.
The Anthropophagi, or Cannibals, feed upon human Flejh. See Cannibal, and Carnivorous. Fungous Flesh, fee Fungus. Flesh- Colour, fee Carnation.
Flesh is alfo us'd by Botanifts, $$c. for the foft pulpy Subflance of any Fruit, inclos'd between the Outer Rind or Skin, and the Stone : Or that part of a Root, Fruit, e£c fit to be eaten.
FLEUR-DE-LISEE, Fleurettee, Fleuronnee, and Fleurv, in Heraldry, fee Flo r. y.
FLEXIBLE, in Phyficks, is applied to Bodies that are capable of being bent, or changed from their natural Form and Direction. See Ductility.
Trees that grow near Waters, as the Willow, Popler, gtfft are more flexible than others. The Fibres being finer and mote flexible in Women than Men, they have generally a greater Degree of Delicacy of Thought, and Imagination. A flexible Voice fucceeds in Mulic.
A Body is not capable of being thus inflected, or bent, unlefs the whole thereof be at reft. In bending a Body it constitutes, as it were, two Levers j and the Point it is to be bent in, is a Fulcrum : Hence, as a moving Power, the further it is from the Fulcrum, has the greater Force j the longer the flexible Body is, the eafier it is bent.
FLEXION, in Anatomy, &c. is applied to the Motion of an Arm, or other Member, when bent.
The Arm has a Motion of Flexion, and another of Ex- tenfion.
The Motion of Flexion is, when the Radius and Hume- rus approach each other, and from an Angle, at the Elbow. See Flexor.
Flexion, or Flexure of Curves, fee Point of contrary Flexion.
FLEXOR, in Anatomy, a Name given to feveral Muf- cles, in relpect of their Action, viz. the Sending of the Members, or Joints 5 in oppofition to the Extenfors, which open or ftretch them. See Muscle.
Flexor Capitis, is a Mufcle of the Head, called alfo Reffus major anticus. See Rectus major, &c.
Flexor Carpi ulnaris, called alfo Cubitmis interims, arifes tendinous from the inner Protuberance of the Hu- merus, and upper Part of the Ulna, upon which it runs along, till pairing under the ligamentum annulare, it is infected by a fhort firong Tendon into the fourth Bone of the firft Row of the Carpus.
Flexor Carpi Radialis, called alfo Radictfus Intcmus, rifes from the fame Part with the former, and running along the Radius, is inferted into the upper Part of the Bone of the Metacarpus, which isjoin'd with the Fore-finger.
Both thefe Mufcles bend the Wrift. ■
Flexor 'Pollicis longus, a Mufcle of the Toe, derived from the Back-part of the Fibula, with a double Order of Fibres, and runs tendinous under the inner Ankle, and thro' the Channel in the inner Part of the Bone of the Heel, to its Infertion at the Extremity of the great Toe, on the un- der Side.
Flexor 'Pollicis brevis, arifes from the Middle of the Cuneiform Bone. It is fhort, thick, and flefhy, feemingly two, and running over the Termination of the Peronaius, has a double Infertion into the Offa Sefamoidea.
Flexor primi Intcrnodii tDigitorum 'Pedis, fee Lum-
BRICALES pedis.
Flexor fecundi Intemodii tDigitorum Mantis, fee Per- foratus mantis.
Flexor tertii Intcrnodii Digitorum Pedis. See Perfo- rans 'Pedis.
Flexor tertii Intemodii 'Digitoritm Mantis, fee Per- forans Mantis.
Flexores /r/mi Intemodii fDigitorum Mantis, are Muf- cles of the Fingers, called alfo Lumbricales Manus. See
LUMBRICALES.
Flexor es fecundi Intemodii tDigitorttm 'Pedis, fee Per- forates Pedis.
Flexor es 'Pollicis Mantis, are two Mufcles, ferving to bend the Thumb.
The firft, called Flexor tertii Intcrnodii, 8<c. arifes froni the internal Protuberance of the Humerus, and part of the Radius, by different Orders of Fibres, and pafllng under the Ligamentum Annulare, is inferted into the third Bone of the Thumb.—
The fecond, called Flexor fecundi Intemodii, &c. arifes from the Bones of the Carpus, and Annular Ligament j and is inferted into the lecond Bone of the Thumb.—- — ■
FLIE, that Part of the Mariners Compafs, on which the thirty two Winds are drawn, and to which the Needle is fatten'd underneath. See Comtass.
FLIGHT, the Act of a Bird m flying; or the Manner, Duration, &c. thereof. See Flying.
The Feathers of Birds are admirably contriv'd and fitted for the Eafe and Conveniency of Flight. See Feather. ■ Almoin every kind of Bird has its particular Flight: The Eagle's Flight is the higheft : The Flight of the Sparrow- Hawk, and Vultur, are noble, difpos'd for high Enterprile and Combat. The Flight of fome Birds is low, weak, tranfient, and as they call it, terra a terra : The Flight of the Partridge and Pheafant, is but of fhort Continuance : That of the Dove, labour'd : That of the Sparrow, in Waves, $£c.
The Augurs pretended to foretell future Events from the Flight of Uirds. See Augury.
Flight. In melting the Lead Oar in the Works in Mcndip, there is a fubftance flies away in the Smoak, which they call the Flight.
They find it lweetifh upon their Lips, if their Faces hap- pen to be in the way of the Smoak, which they avoid all they can- This, falling on the Grafs, kills Cattle that feed there ; and being gather'd and carried home, kills ^.ats and Mice in their Houfes : That which falls on the Sand, they gather and melt upon a Flagg-hearth, into Shots and Sheet- Lead.
Flight of a Stair-Cafe, fee Stair-Cs/c. Flight, in Heraldry, fee Vol.
Capons Flight, in fome Cuftoms, is a Compafs of Ground, fuch as a Capon might fly over, due to the deleft born of feveral Brothers, in making Partition of the Fa- ther's Effects with them, when there is no principal Manor in a Lordfhip.
It it ufually eflimated by a Bow-mot. — ~- FLINT, a fmall, hard, livid or black Pebble. See Stone, and Pebble.
Flints are one of the principal Ingredients in tho mak- ing of Glafs. See Glass. Flint-GM/J", fee Flint Glass. Flint and Steel, fee Tinder.
The Indians, inftead of Flint and Steel, ufe two Pieces of green Wood, which they rub violently againil each other. In the Eatt, they ufc the Wood Candon 5 and in 'Peru, Reyaca. Sec Fire.
VitiKT-Walls', fee Walls.
FLIP, a fort of Sailors Drink, made of Malt Liquor, Brandy and Sugar, mix'd.
FLOAT, or Fleet, fee Flota, and Flotilla. Float of a Fifloing Line, a Cork, or Quill, fwimming on the Water, to obferve what becomes of the Hook, whe- ther any thing bite, &c» See Fishing Float.
Floats, a certain Quantity of Pieces of Timber joined together with Rafters a-thwart, thrown into a River, to be convey'd down the Stream ; and even to convey Burdens down a River with the Stream. The Invention of Floats is of great ufe : 'Tis faid to have been firft put in Exe- cution at 'Paris, in the Year i5i8. FLOATING Vejfels, fee Boat.
Floating, in Husbandry, is the drowning or watering of Meadows.
FLOOD, a Deluge, or Inundation of Waters. See De- luge.
'Plato feems to have had fome Notion of the Great Flood, and the Intention thereof, orctv <^' aZ 0/ Qtot tIw ybu v^xst KctS-eu^yjii, &c. When the Gods purge the Earth with a Flood. "Plat. 'Tim. p. 22.
Flood is alfo us'd in fpeaking of the Tides. When the Water is at loweft, 'tis called Flood; when riling, Young, or Old Flood; when at higheft, and begin- ning to fall, Ebb Water. See Tides, Ebb, Flux, &c. FLOOK, or FloAk of an Anchor ■, fee Anchor. FLOOR, in Building, the Underfide of a Room, or that Part we walk on.
Floors are of divers forts 3 fome of Earth, fome of Brick, others of Stone, &c.
Carpenters, by the Word Floor, underhand as well the framed Work of Timber, as the Boarding over it.
Earthen Floors are commonly "made of Lome, and fome- times, efpecially to make Malt on, of Lime, and Brook Sand, and GunDuft, or Anvil Duft from the Forge.
Ox-blood, and fine Clay, temper'd together, Sir Hugh
- plat fays, makes the fined Floor in the World.
For Brick and Stone Floors, fee Paving.
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