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FLEN, a town of Sweden, in the province of Suder- 
mania : twenty-two miles north-north-weft of Nykoping. 
FLENS'BORG, a feaport town of Denmark, litnated 
on the eaftern coaft of the duchy of Slefwic, in a gulf of 
the Baltic, called Flenfborgerwieck, which extends as' 
much as fix leagues inland, and forms a good harbour, 
with depth of water for the larged veffels, which are un¬ 
loaded at the quay* and fcreened from all winds by fur- 
rounding hills. It is one of the handfomeft and mod 
commercial towns in the duchy : fixteen miles north of 
Slefwic. Lat. 54. 53. N. Ion. 9. 28. E. Greenwich. 
FLERS, a town of France, in the department of the 
Orne, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of Dom- 
front: fix leagues fouth-weft of Falaife, and three and a 
half north of Domfront. 
FLES'BERG, a town of Norway, in the province of 
Aggerhuus : thirty-fix miles wed of Chridiana. 
FLESH, f. [plcec, j'loepc, Sax. vleefrk, Dut. feol, 
Erfe.] The body didinguilhed from the foul: 
And thou, my foul, which turn’d with curious eye 
To view the beams of thine own form divine, 
Know, that thou can’d know nothing perfectly, 
While thou art clouded with this Jeji of mine. Davies. 
The mufcles, didinguilhed from the fkin, bones, tendons. 
— A fpirit hath not jlejh and bones. New Tef ament. —Ani¬ 
mal food didinguilhed from vegetable.— Flefh , without 
being qualified with acids, is too alkalefcent a diet. Ar. 
buthnot .—The body of beads or birds ufed in food, diftinft 
from fillies.—We mortify ourfelves with fifh ; and think 
we fare coarfely, if w e abdain from the jlejh of other ani¬ 
mals. Brown. —Animal nature_The end of all JeJh is 
come before me. Gen. vi. 13.—Carnality ; corporal ap¬ 
petites.—Fading ferves to mortify the jejh, and fubdue 
the luds thereof. Smalridge. —A carnal date ; worldly 
difpofition ; in theology.—They that are in the Jeji can¬ 
not pleafe God. Rom. viii. 8.—The Je[h liift'eth againd 
the fpirit, and the fpirit againd the jeji. Gal. v. 17.— 
Near relation : a fcriptural life.—Let not our hand be 
upon him ; for he is our Je/h. Genejs.— When thou feed 
the naked, cover him ; and hide not thyfelf from thine 
own jejh. Ifa. lviii. 7.—The outward or literal fenfe. The 
orientals termed th€ immediate or literal (ignification of 
any precept or type the fljh, and the remote or typical 
meaning the fpirit. This is frequent in St. Paul. —Ye 
judge after the Jeji. John viii. 15. 
To FLESH, v. a. To initiate : from the fportfman’s 
practice of feeding his hawks and dogs with the fird game 
that they take, or training them to purfuit by giving them 
the Jji of animals : 
Full bravely had thou jejht 
Thy maiden fvvord. Shakefpearc. 
To harden ; to edablifh in any practice, as dogs by often 
feeding on any thing.—Thefe princes, finding them fo 
JleJked in cruelty as not to be reclaimed, fecretiy undertook 
the matter alone. Sidney .—To glut; to fatiate.—He hath 
perverted a young gentlewoman, and this night he Jejies 
his will in the fpoil of her honour. Shakefpeare. 
FLESH'BROTH, f. Broth made by decofting fledi.— 
Her leg being emaciated, 1 advifed bathing it with fleft- 
broth, wherein had beendecodted emollient herbs. Wijeman. 
FLESH'BRUSB,y. A foft brufh to rub the flefh with : 
The jefabruji us’d with decent (late 
To make tire fpirits circulate. Churchill’s Ghoj. 
FLESH'COLOUR, /. The colour of fledi.—-A loofe 
earth of a pale jejicolour, that is, white with a blulh of 
red, is found in a mountain in Cumberland. Wcodward. 
FLESH'FLY,yi A fly that feeds upon flefh, and de- 
polits her eggs in it. See Musca.— It is a wonderful 
thing in flefnfies, that a fly-maggot in five days [pace after 
it is hatched, arrives at its full growth and p erfe ft magni¬ 
tude. Ray. 
FLESM'HQOK, /. A hook to draw flefli from the cal- 
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dron.—Ail that the jejkhook brought up the prieft took. 
1 Sam. ii. 14, 
FLESH'LESS, adj. Without flefli. 
FLESH'LINESS, f. Carnal paflions or appetites,—. 
Corrupt manners in living, breed falfe judgment in doc¬ 
trine: fin and jcjhlincfs bring forth fefts and herefies. 
AJcham. 
FLESH'LY, adj. Corporeal : 
Nothing refembles death fo much as fleep ; 
Yet then our minds themfelves from (lumber keep, 
When from their Jejily bondage they are free. Denham. 
Carnal ; lafeivious : 
Belial, the diffoluteft fpirit that fell, 
The (enfualeft ; and, after Afmodai, 
The jejiliej incubus. Paradife Regain’d. 
Animal ; not vegetable : •> 
’Tis then for nought that mother earth provides 
The (tores of all fhe fliovvs, and all (lie hides, 
If men with Jejily morfels mu ft be fed, 
And chaw with bloody teeth the breathing bread. Dryden . 
Human ; not celeftial ; not fpiritual : 
Th’ eternal Lord in Jejily ftirine 
Enwombed was, from wretched Adam’s line, 
To purge away the guilt of finful crime. Spenfer. 
FLESH'MEAT, f. Animal food ; the flefh of animals 
prepared for food.—The mod convenient diet is that of 
jejhmeats. Flayer. 
FLESH'MENT, f. Eagernefs gained by a fuccefsful 
initiation : 
He got praifes of the king, 
For him attempting who was felf-fubdued ; 
And in the Jejiment of his dread exploit. 
Drew on me here again. Shakefpeare. 
FLESH'MONGER, f. One who deals in flefh ; a 
pimp.—Was the duke a Jejimonger , a fool, and a coward, 
as you then reported him > Shakefpeare. 
FLESH'POT, f. A veflel in which flefli is cooked ; 
thence plenty of fledi.—If he takes away the jejipots, he 
can alfo alter the appetite. Taylor. 
FLESH'QU AKE, f. A tremor of the body; a word, 
formed by Jonjon in imitation of earthquake : 
They may, blood-fhaken then, 
Feel fuch a fefiquake to poflefs their powers, 
As they (ball cry like ours ; 
In found of' peace or wars. 
No harp e’er hit the ftars. Ben jonjon,. 
FLESH'Y, adj. Plump ; full of flefli; fat; mufculous* 
— All Ethiopes are Jcjiy and plump, and have great lips; 
all which betoken moifture retained, and not drawn out. 
Bacon. —Pulpous; plump: with regard to fruits.—Thole 
fruits that are fo flejhy, as they cannot make drink by ex- 
predion, yet may make drink by mixture of water. Bacon-. 
FLESSEL'LES, a town of France, in the department 
of the Somme: five miles north of Amiens. 
FLET, participlepafive, of Tofeet. Skimmed ; deprived 
of the cream.—They drink jlet milk, which they juft 
warm. Mortimer. 
FLE'TA, the name given to an unknown writer who 
lived about the end of the reign of Edward 11 . and be¬ 
ginning of Edward III. and who being a prifoner in the 
Fleet, wrote there an excellent treatife on the common 
law of England; and hence the term Fleta was given to 
the work, as well as to the author. 
FLET'CHER, f. [from fleche, an arrow, Fr.] Aim- 
nufafturer of bows and arrows.—It is commended by our 
f etchers for bows, next unto yew. Mortimer. 
FLET'CHER (Giles), brother of Richard Fletcher 
biftiop of London, a native of Kent, educated at Eton 
fchool ; whence, in 1565, lie was elefted to King’s-coi- 
Jegc, Cambridge. Queen Elizabeth employed him as a 
■ commiffioner in Scotland, Germany, and the Low-coun- 
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