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Firm ore. A kind of lead ore. 
Fi/h. Piscis. 
Filh bones. Spinae, Ossa piscium. 
Fifhermann duck. A bird in Carolina; probably 
the goofander. 
Fifher weafel. The fable. 
Fifh glue. Ichthyocolla. 
Fifh head Chelone. 
Fifhick.. The five-bearded cod. 
Fifhing frog. The frog-fifh. 
Fifhing gull. Sterna minuta. 
Fifhing hawk. Falco haliaetos. (var.) 
Fifh loufe. The fea.cockroach. 
Fifh tall., Antilope Lerwia. 
Fifh thiflle. Carduus casabonae. 
Fitches. The vetches; Viciae. 
‚ Fitchet; Fitchel; Fitchole. a) The pole-cat; b) 
The weafel. 
Fitweed. The ftinking eryngo. 
Five-cleft. Quinquefidus. 
Five-cornered. Pentagonus. 
Five-cornered violet. Campanula speculum. 
Five-finger. Thecinquefoil; Potentilla reptans, 
Five fingers; Five-foot. The ftar fifh. 
Five-fold leaves. _Quina folia, 
Five.leaved gra/s. The cinquefoil. 
Five-lobed. Quinquelobatus. L 
Five-parted. Quinquepartitus. 
Five fprig tree. This tree derives its name from 
the general number of branches; The wood 
as well as the leaves have an agreable fmell. 
Hughes hifl. of Barbados. 
Five-toothed. Quinquedentatus. 
Five-valved. Quinquevalvis. 
Fixed. Fixus. 
Fixen; Vixen. A foxes cub. 
Fixfax. The finews of the neck of cattle and 
fheep. 
Fizon. The heart of a plant. 
Fizzler. Viverra (n). 
Flags. Algae. 
Flags. Vid. Beams. 
Flag, Flag flower. Iris. 
Flag feathers. Remiges. 
Flag marle. Vid. Stone-flate, 
Sweet-fcented flag. Acorus. 
FLE 764 
Flag flamper. Conus jamaicensis. e! 
Flag flone. A fchiftus ofa grey,. yellowifh, o 
redeifh- wbite. colour ;, does not give fire 
with fteel; nor effervefces with acids; It is 
ufed in fome places for covering Of houles, 
but moftly for flooring. 
Flag worms. A bait found in the roots offlags. 
Flaire, Flare. Raia batis. 
Flakes. Dupletten, Bandblumen. (s. v. Dianthus.) 
Flake manna. “ Vid. Manna. 
Flamant, Flamingo. Ploenicopterus ruber. 
Flaming finch. Fringilla flammea. 
Flankards. The knots in the flank of a deer, 
Flanks. Hypochondria, 
Flaps. Giggs. 
Flat. Planus. 
Flat cabbage. Brassica capitata alba compressa, 
Flat nofed. Simus. ! 
Flat pea. Platylopium. Linnean Transaklions, 
Il, 350; Smith Botany of New-Holtand, 
Flatted. Compressus. 
Flax. Linum. 
The Flax plant of New-Zealand. Phormium 
tenax. 
The Carolina Flax. Polypremum. 
The wild Flax calf-fnow. Antirrhinum linaria. 
Flay crake. The fcar crow. 
’ea. Pulex. 
Fiea bane. a) Inula dysenterica &c.; b) Tarcho- 
nanthus; c) Conyza; d) Erigeron. 
Fleabane tree. Tarchonanthus. 
Flea bitten. That colour of a horfe which is 
white or grey, fpotted all over with dark 
reddifh fpots. 
Flea-dung flamper. Conus-fustigatus. 
Flea grafs-hopper. Cicada spumaria, 
Flea lohfier. Cancer pulex; 
Flea locufl. Cicada spumaria. 
Flea wort, Flea feed, Plantago psyllium. 
Fiee. The fly. > 
Fleece. The covering of wool {horn off the 
bodies of [heep. 
Fleet northern beagle. The cat-beagle. 
Flefh. Caro. 
Fiefh-coloured, Carneus; Incarnateus. 
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